MICHIGAN DAI j ..Y Some "Inside Infor'mation" 173About Cjg MUi itn-tti1# New Equipment, To Be Installed 'This Summer, 'Will Make It, The World's Greatest College Daily 4, NE~W MODEL "E," DUPLEX PRINTING PRESS-Prints 6,ooo eight-page papers per hour, a marvel of ingenuity and simplicity, printing from a rol of paper four miles ong. The pictutre above shows the $10,000 press purchased, Last /week by thte Board of Ciontrol of Student Publications, which~ will giy a The d~all the fintest college publication-owlped press in the voll 03-, A glanice, at the illustration Will show a compact me- phaical stru~cture, but closer examination of the press reveals te Marvelousi~ ngenuity which has brought it to the forefron~t in every state in the GLfiton as well as all prs of the civlized world, The strength and, stability of this model of the Duplex will appear ill the fact that It has 'a double locomotive drive andi weighs ,5,000 pounds. Thle delicacy and Iigenuity is shown by theo fact that there are mnore than 5,09 parts, all being skillfullyk fitted, and making a machine to w' ork a niearly perfect as' may be irnaginied. RBINTS 6,004 PAPERS lPER, JOURi The 1)44llyDress will print from 5,540 to 4.000 eight-pag~e papers per hour. Tihe Baily -Will be printed from a roll of paper four illes in len t14~ the rolls being Sty, 509 and 70 inches wide, aecording to the size of thepiper required. An eight-page pappr, for Instance, is printed fronm a 70-inch roll which -weighs about 1,000 pounds. Occupying a flogr space of approximately 18 by 17 feet, and with the tremendous weight as mentioned, this great miachine runs so easily that one scarcely realizes the speed with which the papers are printed, except by watching them as they faillinto, the delivery box. FEEDING THE MACHINE The paper is fed from a roll and passes over the feed rollers near the center of the press; thence over a looping roller oiper- uted by 'equalizer cams and levers; thence it isy guided by rolls suitably placed in the printing cylinder which prints one side of the paper, then to and under another looping roller, operated by the same mechanism. These loopinig rollers perform'a very Important function-that of receiving the constantly incoming paper, and at the same time constantly delivering tile outgoing web, while the paper between these two, looping rolls remain stationary In its path of travel during the time it Is being printed upon by the two impression cylinders. Immediately after the impressions are taken and the printing is done by the cylinders in itheir travel in either direction, that portion of the web which has been stopped is moved forward the proper distance to bring sufficient blank 'paper for the next Impression, or tihe printing of the next paper. The heavy Model "E" Duplex press, like that to be installed in The D~aily offices prints, in printers' parlance, "both; a-going and a-coining," different to most other presses made and giving double speed. CUTTING AND FOLDING After °the printed web of paper leaves the upper equalizing roller -it is slit by a revolving cutter lilt two parts, one of which passes over a couple of "angle bars," bringing this portion of the web into the direct line elevator of the other part. Both parts now travel together over the V-shaped former, which practically makes the second fold. The printing web, now brought to single size, passes through the short netting cylinders which sever each complete paper from the web. The third-fold tucker strikes this on the center of the paper, and instantly it has the third fold made In it and is speeding on its way to the third fold delivery. 4 Publications Offices Are Finest In Country r ie offices of. The Daily, ontthe second floor of the Ann Arbor 4ss building, are the finest and haye the best arrangejpeitt of college publication in the country, The system is patteriled p that used by metropolitani papers, with niodiicattlons, how. THE. DAILY OFFICES ever, to wolt college requIrements. {fRice equipment Is the very best, Including desks, typewriters, and extensive index and filing ~systemus which permit efficient organization and the keeping of permanent records. Within the past sevreral months, several of the largest schools have sent representatives to Ann Arbor, or htave -written to The Daily, to find out about the offices, and to study .the whole publi- cation system at Michigan.