The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-04-18
The Newspaper Business.
NEW PRINTING MACHINE.


The Newspaper Business.
NEW PRINTING MACHINE.
From Galgnans Messenger
Several gentlemen connected with the pre- in
Paris, and the head of large printing establish
ment in Scotland assembled ON Saturday at the
mandatory OF M. de Coster, to witness the per-
Torrance OF a new printing machine, invented by
nj. Worms. The machine, from its simplicity
and the mode Of execution, promises to cause a
total revolution in printing. 1t occupies much
smaller space than the machines which are now in
use at some of the great printing establishments in
Paris and London, costs less than half the price at
which one Of those can be had, and is free from
the tapes and other guiders, which frequently get
out of order, and occasion considerable delay. Ii
requires only the labor of three men to feed il, and
receive the work as il is thrown off, whereas from
IL to 10 required with each of the machines that
il is expected 10 replace. From its simplicity and
comparative compactness, the power of steam,
moving power, may also in some cases be dispensed
with, as il can be worked by hand. This new ma
chine, which is called rotative, does not print from
the types, but from stereotype, and this is the most
extraordinary part of the process. In the ordinary
process of stereotypng several hours required,
for the material used for receiving the impression
of the type, and which serves the mould in
which the stereotype is cast, must be carefully and
slowly dried. The mould for the stereotype by
this new process is made of a few sheets Of tissue
paper, with a couple Of sheets of common paper at
the back to give certain degree OF strength The
paper is weted to the proper degree, and then
pressed upon the type. The impression is perfect.
of few minutes, and placed on cylinder, with
sufficient space between il and an outer to
ceive the metal This metal, which is very liquid,
and which is prepared in peculiar way, hows
rapidly and evenly over every part OF the mould
and by the application of cold wet sponge to the
exterior, it becomes almost instantly solid. The
mould is then removed and transferred to the cy-
Under of the machine ready for printing. One part
of the plate fits in exactly to groove made to
ceve il, and the other part is held by The
whole OF the stereotyping does not occupy moro
than from fifteen TO twenty-five minutes. The &C
ton of the machine differs entirely from anything
hitherto invented. There is no laying Of the
sheets to be printed. A continuous sheet of paper
equal to 1900 or more sheets of a newspaper, is
rolled on cylinder, and, as the machine turns,
the plate on the printing cylinder is fed, and by the
action THE machine itself the paper divided at the
proper place into sheets Of the desired sze and each
sheet is folded at the same time. The paper which
receives the impre ssion is not wetted as in other
printing processes; it is placed the cylinder il
comes from the paper maker, but certain and
regular is the pressure fat the impression on this
dry paper rs equal If not superior, TO that obtained
upon damped paper in the ordinary way. There il
an index affixed to the machine, to indicate the
rate at which IT goes, by the number Of sheets
two thousand copies Of Journal is exhausted, the
cylinder is replaced by another, and II is said
that as many as fifteen thousand copies of journal
can be printed in an hour by this machine. The
gentlemen who witnessed the process on Saturday
expressed their admiration of IL, and could see no
defects which very little practice will not remove.
The great advantages Of this new invention are.
economy in the outlay for the machine, the cost OF
which Is only $1,000 fr, while the machine of the
Pdfrfr, which has excited 70 much notice, cost
6O0OOr.; the immense saving in type, for the typo
ITSELF being used only for the steroyping process,
undergoes scarcely any wear, and, instead of re-
newing fount every year, twenty years service
by this process could scarcely reduce the Sharpness
Of the letters; economy in labor, and rapidly Of
execution, almost without the possibility Of delay
from any arrangement in the machine.
THE NEWSPAPER FOLDER.
tfrom the Springfield Republican,
Many will remember the announcement, year
or more since, that a machine for folding news
papers had been invented in Springfield. Avariety
Of circumstances have conspired TO prevent its
being brought into use until now. Important inn
provements have been effected in the invention,
since the original conception, and il has this week
been attached TO our steam power press. Ii does
its work excellently well, far exceeding our anti
cipatons OF Its practicability and utility, and fully
equalling those Of its sangune friends. The ma
chine IL itself very ingenious and beautiful piece
Of workmanship. Ii is compact, occupies but COM
paratively little room and is operated by the same
power that carries the press, and therefore ope-
rating with equal speed.
The sheet passes from the press into the folder
by bands, and after passing through the several
folds, II is then thrown out at the side, compacty
and neatly folded, all ready for the Carrier the
mail man. No description Of the operation would
be intelligent TO the reader, without diagram.
Knives give the direction TO the folds, which are
perfected by rollers and the sheet is carried from
one knife to the other by bands and cog wheels.
Ii performs quite circutous journey in the opera
ton, but comes out at last as perfect and good as
new.
The machine folds Just as fast as the press feeds,
and can undoubtedly be made TO fold 1900 hour
as readily as 500 20 1000, which Is the rate our
press runs
OF the benefit Of this invention TO newspaper pub
fishers they alone can best Judge Ii is something
absolutely demanded by the position which the
newspaper enterprise Of the country has assumed
within the past few years, and illustrates the truth
of the saying that no sooner does man in the pro-
gress Of art and the developement Of enterprise find
a want unsupplied or an obstacle in his path, than
invention steps in and supplies the lacking necess-
ty or removes the hindering obstacle.
TIE cosr OF REPORTING.
lfrom the London Atlas
Ono cause OF the monopoly enjoyed by leading
newspapers IL, that the enormous capital they ara
compelled to employ precludes rivalry The parlia-
mentary reports alone cost nearly 900 (t5OO) a
week Tor the mere payment Of the reporters. fOur
telcgraphic Congressional reports cost nearly 500
per week, and our foreign news dispatches cost
over 500 each steamer. In few days they will
cost that sum per week, or about AZ per word for
every word received-ED. N. Y. HrRArD.1 In
like proportion IL the expense for the law and gene
raj reports. The foreign correspondence is also
an enormous item Of expense. A large fortune must
be risked before a daily newspaper can even haven
chance cfsuccess. Mr.. Tomns proposes that the
reports should all be taken by authorized govern
fnent reporters, for whose manuscript the papers
who take II must pay. In like manner, he would
vernment TO thlnewspapers. To these latter sug-
gestionf there are grave objections. The daily
newspapers have already more than once conteni-
plated an smsgamaton oftheir reporters, by which
one staff, costing E120 n week would do the work
OF i've or SIX at goo or GOO week. Some Of the