The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-04-23
THE PROCESS OF sTEREOTYPING,


We give below the mysterious progress oI
tho art Of rapid printing as executed in the
la rye cities. The type which gives the first
actual impression in the form 10 the "pape'
pulp" are probably all distribated in their
respective cases before the edition is fairly
completed.
The New York Tribune says:
The pages Of The TRIBUNE are Mt last
printed from spereotype plates. This is the
..sa ..;.L Ill Iii, n-;iy, os"'- week
ly and Weekly. The process, which is the
invention of Mr.. Charles Craske, Of tb, city
is peculiar one, differing greatly from ordi.
nary stersotyping. The molds from which
the plates are cast, are made, not with plaster,
as is usually the case, but are of papier-
mache. An entire page is cast in one plate,
in which respect the process differs from that
employed by some of tho great daily news.
papers of London, where each column is stereo-
typed separtely. Our plates are also cast in
a cylindrical form, to suit Hoes Lightning
presses, which is another important variation
from ordinary stereotyPing'
The page TO be stereotyped being prepared,
it is covered with a sheet Of a peculiar kind
Of soft paper, in fact but little more tenacious
than paper pulp. This sheet is delicately but
firmly beaten with hair brush, to indent the
type thoroughly into the paper. While yet
wet and SOFT other similar sheets are laid up.
on it, and tho indentation with the brush is
repeated. Thi, process is continued until the
layers Of this paper are sufficient to make a
strong card board upon the page, thoroughly
compacted together and indented to proper
depth with the type Of the page. Passed
over steam. table, this indented card board is
rapidly dried. Taken out it is easily removed
from tte type, and is ready for the last pro.
cess, which is the reception OF hot fluid type.
metal, poured into the indentions made by
every letter, word, sentence and paragraph Of
the paper.
What is gained by this new process in
New York Journalism Not TO consider our
enormous Weekly and Semi Weekly circula.
tion, the printing of some $4,000 copies Of
The DAILY TRIBUNE at lightning speed in
the small hours of the morning, when our
readers re sound asleep, is destructive wear
and tear upon even copper.faced type. Mil.
lions Of superficial inches of paper are rapidly
ground over the letters, and do much more
than polish them, as our type founders bills
conclusively sh ow. To Mr.. Crasko's process
of stereotyping, we are indebted for an econ.
omy that enables not only to save the wear
and tear hitherto inseparable from the me-
chanica action Of the modern power-press,
but also to present our sheet, daily and week
ly, printed as it were with new type, and
thus as legibe and convenient to the eye Of
the reader throughout the year as it formerly
WAS for tho few days only, until the freshness
and distinctness of the types had been worn
away.
Besides all this, we arc now able TO mail
our Weekly TO many Of its subscribers twelve
hours earlier than was possible when it was
printed from movable letters.
Previous to Mr.. Craske'S invention, stereo.
type plates never exceeded the quarto size
all larger than that requiring 10 be cast 10
two or more pieces, and then soldered togeth-
err They can now be cast to the largest
newspaper form.