フルページネーションシステム

Abstract

C. T. S stands for Cold Typesetting System or Computerized Typesetting System.However, C. T. S are currently used for the latter terms and necessarily inuolves equipments of full-pagenation make up.C. T. S provides us a great deal of effects. The United States overtook Japan in installation and development of C. T. S.Neverthless the realization of C. T. S with full pagenation are very few yet against expection of ANPA (American Newspaper Publishers Association).In the 1970s a group of forty newspaper companies and machine suppliers aimed at the development of C.T.S, but finally resulted in resignation after seven years.Because they thought it is too eary for threw to go forward due to insufficient of fundamental technologies such as follows.(Degital input of pictures and graphics, degital output, throughput of computer, softwera of page layout or display and so on.).However, needs of full pagenation for newspaper production are so important problems, from 1981 the installations of C. T. S in newspaper companies are increasing.In Japan, computerization for all process of newspaper production since 1980 are NELSON (New Editing an Layout System of Newspaper) and ANNECS (Automated Nikkei Newspaper Editing and Composing System).NELSON system may be first fullpagenation system. Fullpagnation systems on newspaper production is already realized and recently fullpagenation system on printing product is reported. This paper describes FUJITSU*s approach to computerized typesetting system on newspaper production and printing production.