photocomposern.
/ˌfəʊtəʊkəmˈpəʊzə/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdəˌkəmˈpoʊzər/ A machine for carrying out photocomposing; (occasionally also) a person who operates such a machine.
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1929 W. C. Huebner in Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engin. 50 pi. 23/1 The photocomposer can do it [sc. produce several copies of a plate] better.
1948 Sci. News Let. 4 Dec. 362/1 One company known for typesetting machinery has its photocomposer in day-by-day use.
1972 Computers & Humanities 6 153 Computerized photocomposers may be divided into three stages of development or three generations of machine in use today.
2002 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 20 Oct. 4D Mr. Rose retired in 1978 after 42 years as a photocomposer for Consolidated Litho Corp. in Westbury, N.Y.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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