filmsettern.
/ˈfɪlmsɛtə/, U.S. /ˈfɪlmˌsɛdər/ Printing. Now chiefly historical.
A machine used to filmset books or other printed works; = photosetter n.
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filmsetter1956
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1956 H. Williamson Methods Bk. Design 60 At the time of writing, the Monotype Corporation's Monophoto and Linotype Filmsetters are in an advanced stage of development.
1958 Financial Times 19 Mar. 8/7 Sales of the ‘Monophoto’ Filmsetters had been made in the US..and the UK.
1966 Publishers' Weekly 3 Oct. 100/1 Mr. Kuney described the ACS system which employs keyboards from Friden, Dura and the Mergenthaler Army Chemical typewriter, and a specially constructed Photon 200 filmsetter.
1979 Times of India 10 Oct. 16/4 Candidates should have worked as Operators on an Electronic Filmsetter for 2–3 years.
2009 Printweek (Nexis) 28 Aug. (Product Portfolio section) 32 Towards the end of the 1990s, litho printers started replacing their old imagesetters and filmsetters with CTP [= Computer to Plate] systems.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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