Full-page output: updating old equipment. (conventional typesetting equipment) From: Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management | Date: June 1, 1989| Author: Jeff Parnau | COPYRIGHT 1989 Copyright by Media Central Inc., A PRIMEDIA Company. All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Full-page output: Updating old equipment

Is it time to toss out the remaining conventional typesetting devices and install the next level of technology? Maybe. For many of us in this business, replacing equipment every three years is routine. But where does the old equipment go?

A while back, it went to work in smaller shops or publishing houses. While the new equipment would be setting full pages and kerning triplets, the old stuff would be force-fed raw co...