As a result of the new printing technology made possible by the computer, the defined division of labor between departments in the publishing industry is becoming less well-established. (KS)

Provides a decision table that uses the difference in online and offline printing charges for a specified format, and the online connect charges in a database, to determine which mode of printing will cost the least. Methods for eliminating duplicate citations in printouts from searches of multiple databases are also described. (CLB)

Discusses the current convention of putting only one space between sentences. Outlines reasons why existing reasons for only one space are not valid. (RS)

Outlines briefly the process by which the Fluxus community coalesced. Recounts the birthing of Something Else Press, Inc., and the transformation of aspects of the press' objectives into Printed Editions. Discusses the parallel concerns shared by Something Else Press and Fluxus publication activities as well as their divergent agendas and…

Printers represent a big chunk of school districts' IT budgets. Unlike computers, however, most of the money schools spend on printers is not on the machines themselves but on keeping them serviced and filled with toner, drums, and paper. In this article, the author discusses five critical questions to ask before buying a printer.

Article provided direction in printing and enlarging photographs. (RK)

The interplay of historical, technological, legal, and economic events that surrounded the strident controversies involving two competing 1890s composing machines--John R. Rogers's Typograph and Ottmar Mergenthaler's Linotype--is examined in this paper. Using patent copies, court documents, trade journal reports and newspaper articles of the era,…

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), who had set type by hand in his youth, had believed that a mechanical composer was beyond the realm of possibility. In 1880, however, he invested $2,000 in an early typesetter invented by James W. Paige. Both Clemens and Paige dreamed of immense wealth that would be generated by selling thousands of Paige Compositors.…

The present study was designed to give an unambiguous assessment of a possible asymmetry in bilateral transfer of the skill of printing inverted and reversed letters. (Author)

Condensed from "Childhood Education, Volume 45 (December 1968), 213-18.

Surveys the spread of literate culture in Western Europe and especially England and the decline of the ancient art of memory, both greatly attributable to the advent of printing. Argues that memory and literacy not only have intriguing historical roots but are closely intertwined. (JOW)

The do's and don'ts of making long-lasting bindings for musical scores are discussed. (3 references) (SM)