Computer and recorder for typesetting

Product images of computer and recorder for typesetting

This page shows images of typesetting computer and imagesetters

developed by Dr.-Ing. Rudolf Hell and produced by external companies

such as company Siemens.

DIGICOM: In the background a typesetting calculator, a paper tape puncher and reader. In the foreground is the operating sheet recorder; the imagesetter is not shown. All devices are developed by Siemens. The software was developed in cooperation with the companies Dr. Hell and Siemens .
Siemens data processing system 3003: in the left part of the cabinet the control panel for reading in the bootstrap and the user-specific control programs. In the foreground are the control computers, in the background a paper tape reader and puncher.
The typesetting calculator HELLCOM III-16: the core memory of the typesetting computer has 8192 fixed words; on the left the paper tape puncher, on the right the paper tape reader, in the middle the operating computer for the typesetting computer with paper tape reader and punch.
Digiset150 T 1: from left: the control computer ; above is the exposure tube, below is the power supply ; above is the camera bellows, below it is the power supply and control for exposure ; above the film transport unit, below the film developer.
Digiset 400 T 30: from left: the control computer, Siemens process computer R 310 ; recording control ; picture tube control ; Cathode ray tube with camera control ; film developing machine ; the maximum image recording size (set width) is 445 mm. The maximum typesetting speed is 1900 characters/sec.
The magnetic tape station for 9-track magnetic tapes with a maximum reading speed of 120kB/sec. and the magnetic disk storage with 9.6 million bytes of net capacity are used for data input.
Digiset 20 T2: A fiberglass optic cathode ray tube is used as the exposure unit. The maximum exposure area (exit area of the optics) is 36mm x 300mm ; the exposure width is 300mm, the exposure length is endless.
The Digiset LS210 is a flatbed laser imagesetter with an exposure area of max. 483mm x 635mm, recording speed: 714mm/sec to 333mm/sec ; recording resolution: 336 lines/cm to 720 lines/cm ; there are around 800 fonts available. Weights: Image processor IP 100: 200kg, imagesetter: 2100kg with a size of 2220mm x 1290mm x 1660mm.