| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION for commercial printing installations where it was considered the top of the line The problem of static electricity loomed as great with folders as with the press itself Since the paper moved in the proximity ofgreat deal of metal static frequently caused the printed product to adhere to the frame of the press or folder and obstruct the flow of material For reasons which could be explained only by those knowledgeable about the quirks of electricity -and werenexplained at all by rank-and-file newspaper workers -static was at its worst during the winter months Qur plant hadmetal ceiling onlyfew feet above the Campbell press one early-day newsman recalled The paper maderevolution around the cylinder and was then taken off bywooden fly The fly was shaped likebig lattice-work fence and operated in180-degree arc All it did was put the paper down in an even pile after it had been printed As the paper lay on the fly after coming off the press it came withinfoot or so of the metal ceiling and when static began to act up it wasn unusual for the paper to simply jump from the fly to the ceiling and hang there That was bad enough he continued but sometimes the paper chose to stay on the cylinder of the press instead of going out on the fly Since it was no longer caught in the grippers the paper would simply drop off into the ink rollers It would wind around them and makehuge mess that tooklong time to clean up Sometimes you had to remove the rollers and individually wash them to get the paper out of the ink You didnknow whether to swearblue streak or just sit down and cry Various devices were employed by pressmen to avoid static halting the paperpassage from press to fly Christmas tinsel was one ultra-violet ray tubes another Remembers one publisher Emil got up atconvention session one day and described in great detail the combination of tinsel and ultra violet tube theyattached to their Cranston And then he sat down Aftermoment of silence someone said How did it 220 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
