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computer typesetting

British

noun

a system for the high-speed composition of type by a device driven by punched paper tape or magnetic tape that has been processed by a computer

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He set the rig up in his house, and he helps pay off the $70,000 cost by running a one-man computer typesetting business on the side.

From Time Magazine Archive

The National Graphical Association, which represents 600 compositors, machine managers and stereotypers, staved off management's centerpiece demand: that journalists and classified ad takers be allowed to operate the keyboards of computer typesetting equipment.

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