The inventions of Printing Machines and stereotyping were strongly opposed at first by pressmen and compositors, as calculated to diminish the demand for their labour. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
The Mergenthaler machine is largely in use in the principal newspaper offices, with the result that a single operator does at least the work of four average compositors. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
He made a friend of one of the compositors of the _Detroit Free Press_, and got him to show him the proofs of the paper. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.