Teletypesetter

American

[tel-i-tahyp-set-er, tel-i-tahyp-] / ˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌsɛt ər, ˈtɛl ɪˌtaɪp- /

Trademark.

a brand name for an apparatus, actuated by punched paper tape, that fits over the keyboard of a slugcasting machine, as the Linotype, for operating it automatically. TTS

Teletypesetter British

/ ˌtɛlɪˈtaɪpˌsɛtə, ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp- /

noun

printing a keyboard device whose output can either be punched tape, which can be used directly to operate a line-casting machine, or be transmitted by cable or wire to operate such a machine indirectly

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teletypesetting

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Teletypesetter

The I. T. U. has already assumed jurisdiction over all workers operating the Teletypesetter.

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A device known as the Teletypesetter was first given a practical demonstration eight years ago.

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Stories are accumulated either on the Semagraph code copy or on the Teletypesetter tape.

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The Teletypesetter performs its operations by the use of a perforated tape rather than a photocell.

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