Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-08

sPCAo W uClIFCIy VI uChS,
yStem is the most modern
structure literally was built
around the presses.
Built to order by the Cos,
Printing Press Co. Of Chicago
the presses arrived on ll9 rail.
road fiat cars. They required
Is months to assemble.
12S-Page Capacity
Each Of the six presses in.
cludes seven separate printinG
units-a total Of AZ compared
with "a in the old building
Each Of the AZ new units IL
geared to make eight page i'm.
preSsions at a maximum rate
Of 50. 500 an hour. In addition
each press Is designed to TURF
out papers up to 1913 pages In
size, in two. three. four. six OF
eight sections.
On its old presses, The Star
was able to print papers nc
larger than SO pages without
separate insertions of additional
sections-with a maximum oil
four sections at a time.
The 128-page papers are made
possible by improved folder
units on each press--the com.
plex machines which automat.
ically assemble. fold. cut and
count the separate newspapers
The folders" installed by The
Star are the first Of such great
capacity to be ordered from the
GoSS Co
The major feature Of the new
presses. however. is that they
will permit The Star for the
first time to regularly print
both spot color" the back.
ground color commonly used ir
large ads--and color reproduc.
tons in two, three or four colors
Device for Splicing
Still another innovation Of
the Goss giants is an improved
electronic device which permits
each press to paste a new roll oil
! paper automatically onto the
end Of a roll already in the pres:
without reducing press speed
On the old presses. these pres:
slowdowns were a major anC
frequent problem.
The AZ new press units, each
% feet high and weighing about
20 tons. were built on their owr
foundations, based on pile!
driven 40 feet in the ground
Twenty-eight of the units
making four presses. are in ont
line extending nearly the full
length of the 277 by rs foo
pressroom.
The other IA units are in 9
second, parallel line-leavine
expansion space for an addi-
tional AZ units when The Stars
increasing circulation requires
them. Thus. it will be possible
for The Star to double the ca.
pacity Of the six new presse!
now in place.
The pressroom is one of thu
few in the country which /,
completely air conditioned. En-.
tirely separate from the res
Of the buildings system. press
room air is discharged directly
to the outside after first passing
through an elaborate system o.
fans and filters which remove
ink particles.
Gallery for Visitors
A special glaSs-inclosed gal,
lery, located along the side o
the presses, will enable visitor
to The Star Building to get {
bird's-eye view of the Who'll,
press operation.
From each press, copies o
the paper are carried VERTICAL!
upward by wire conveyors II
the third-f1oor mailroom. wher,
they are prepared for distribu
ton. In the old building. Thu
Star mailroom involved man.
manual operations.
The new mailroom, however
is the most automatic opera
ton Of its kind in the country
Various units of the automati
equipment were purchased from
Cutler-Hammer. Inc. Of Mil
waukee: the Sheridan Co. o
Easton, Pa. and the Jampo
Co. of Brooklyn. 1t also in
cludes special units designe,
and developed by the Philadel
phia Bulletin.
Here. briefly, is how the ney
paper-handling process works
Automatic conveyors carr.
streams Of papers through tn
mailroom floor from each OF tn
six presses below Immediately
a machine removes papers from
the vertical conveyor and stack
them on horizontal conveyo
in piles OF Is. so or 100. de
pending or the size Of the edi
ton. The horizontal convev(