Handbook for motion picture and stereopticon operators (1908)

Record Details:

Title:
Handbook for motion picture and stereopticon operators
Date:
1908
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : The Knega Company, Inc.
Volume:
Handbook for motion picture and stereopticon operators
Leaf #:
00043
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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Operator's Handbook 37 FEINTING. Constant Feed. The printing of the positive or transparency is the next step. The negatives, until wanted, are kept rolled up and stored in a case fitted with shallow drawers, often in fire-proof storage, and sometimes insured as an additional precaution. The printer is generally so constructed that the negative and sensitive unexposed positive are drawn along past a narrow opening beneath the light, exact registration being secured by having the teeth of the feeding sprocket project through both, although some operators employ a machine having two sprockets, one to feed the negative and the other to feed the unexposed film. Portable Printer. A portable printer giving good results, consists of a narrow box, in the center of which a sprocket is located, free to rotate by means of a worm and gear, turned by hand, or driven by any suitable motive power. There is a narrow opening in the lid of the box so located that when the lid is closed the opening therein comes immediately over the center of the sprocket. In use the negative and the unexposed sensitive film are dropped into the