your life's work and education all the other arts rely on it religious movements depend on it there is no scott not function without it nor could government they cause of the need for printed matter in practically all of m activities printing now ranks for among the nations great industries the wide variety of products of the press and the demand for a constant supply requires the efforts of many skilled persons i pay and advancement that trade has several branches and numerous allied industry the most familiar braincell letterpress printing has three distinct types of work these are first composition the preparation of the type or other matter to be printed for the press is second press work the actual printing of the composed matter on paper or some other substance and third buying to rework the folding  joining together of the credit she into various forms so that they may be sent to the public in the composing room of a good sized printing firm they do the these are divided among several employees specializing in various phases of the work the company for a job to be printed goes first in the markup may the markup man must have a thorough knowledge of the art of printing he decides what styles and sizes of type will produc large commercial printing clients newspapers and publishing houses have a composite here is usually set the large type called display line used in advertisement and other printed matter and composition offers opportunities for artistic expression composite who have the ability to create original ideas or a highly paid craftsman the work requires manual dexterity good eyesight and  other typesetting machines are used for the part of the copy called straight matter consisting of many lines of the same length and size of type the line a type operator manipulates a keyboard to assemble lines of characters a type of operators must work speedily and accurately and be efficient in spelling punctuation word division and printers arithmetic some printing firms have monetized machines which consist of two separate when the operator finishes the ribbon is removed and placed in the casting machine the perforated paper controls the movements of the machine causing it to produce individual type characters set in properly spaced li there are other kinds of typesetting machines but the monotype and line a type i've typical example is when a page of type has been set either by a machine or by hand it is placed in a small proof press and printed on a large piece of paper this leaves wide margins around the type where the proof reader indicates mistakes to be corrected it is the proofreaders responsibility to find all errors in spelling punctuation antipoverty large plans employed persons usually women who do nothing but proofread but in some shops this job may be done by the foreman or head up for it or after mistakes have been corrected all that typ engraved plate or a single page must be assembled in a large printing firm and this work is done by specialists called makeup man in the lock up department workers called stone men assemble many pages of type and a single forms but there are several different ways in which the matter to be printed is prepared for the press and it all depends on the kind of press to be used platzman presses are used on small jobs such as let all set presses the matter to be printed is first impressed from a zinc plate to a special rubber roller then transferred to the paper and printing magazines books and newspapers there are immense high speed r presses which printing both sides of the paper in one operation turn out thousands of folded copies per hour but no matter what kind of price is used up price men must be a skilled conscientious worker he is in charge of expensive machinery and materials and the quality of the work produced depends on his ability therefore a job can be printed the price men must make ready and that is compensate for inequalities  pressure of a paper against the play this is done by building up portions of the impressions surface with thin pieces of paper cut to the proper shape so that the pressure is equalised up pressman must know how to adjust his press to all kinds of paper and secure mechanical accuracy throughout he must have an eye for intensity of color and see that the king is uniform at all times and press men should be able to supervise assistan many plans an experienced man may be responsible for the proper functioning of several prices operated by a practice of the printing trades acquire most of their new workers through a pretty shift or training on the job sumburgh cation and schools offer training which can be taken during apprenticeship or previous to it vocational school training alone does not always produce skilled workers but it does enable a person to decide whether he is truly interested and suitable for the work and the course of training is a range to give the students a good background in pretty usually a student starts with hand composition because all of the fundamental principles of printing are derived from it through a series of prepared lessons these principles are thoroughly fixed in the student's mind the lessons include instruction in spell word division proofreading punctuation and printers arithmetic after completing the hand composition course a student is eligible for work in the press room here he begins his study on a small hand job press after mastering it he is advanced to the small automatic pr but there is a great deal to be learned before a student can assume the responsibility of operating the large cylinder presses above all he must thoroughly understand the mechanism thus press work is particularly fitted for a young man who would like to work with machinery students studying to become line a type operators must have mechanical knowledge too but here the emphasis is on speed and accuracy usually anyone who has mastered the typewriter can learn to operate that line of type keyboard but he must also learn composition a student who successfully completes the course of study and some phase of printing at a vocational school is prepared to enter the printing work in the printing trade is not seasonal it goes on the year round regardless of sunshine or rain working conditions are generally satisfactory as to housing hygiene and hours if you think you would be interested in printing as a vocation investigate its possibilities and prepare yourself accordingly for the phase of the work for which you are best suited to the printing industry needs young men and women in its composing rooms where thoughts and ideas are fashioned into type it needs mechanically minded young men in its press rooms to operate the intricate scenery it is a growing industry high on the list of those offering and employment higher proportion of salaried positions and real opportunities for advancement perhaps you will find a place for your tastes and talents imprinting of vocation offering splendid possibilities for your life work