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SMART STICKER
    

On this modern printing plate, a chemical treatment means ink will only stick to the areas to be printed. It’s made by exposing a smooth aluminium sheet directly to a digital computer file.  		  

source : SSPL
     
JOBS FOR THE BOYS    

The print unions ‘ruled’ the newspaper industry for much of the twentieth century. Every printer had to be a union member and the unions controlled the length and entry of apprenticeships to each trade. Very often jobs were handed down from father to son. Women were not trained as typesetters.

This certificate marked the start of compositor Len Walledge’s training in 1938 and is shown with some of his union membership cards.
 

source : SSPL
     
TOMORROW’S NEWS?    

You may be looking at the newspaper of the future. Researchers are investigating the production of e-books like this to show how newspaper delivery may change in the future. 		 

source : Daniel Evans
     
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