PROOF PRESS FACILITIES IN THE REPRODUCTION PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04901A000100020090-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 90
• Publication Date: November 19, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

1. The Map Branch, ORE has recommended that the U. S. GPO-S
provide proof press facilities as soon as possible. The following
points will illustrate the need for proof press facilities and form
a_basis for justifying the purchase of such equipment.
a. The Map Branch is responsible for the production of
all the base maps required by the NIS program. In order to ac-
complish the coordination of map production by the several con-
tributors to the NIS program it is necessary to provide each of
the contributors with numerous printings on transparent plastic.
The plastic prints consist of both black and non-photographic blue
in various plate combinations; individual base plates, combinations
of selected base plates and complete assembly of all base plates.
In addition to the plastic prints, the Map Branch is responsible
for providing similar combinations on paper in both true and non-
photographic colors,
b. The above requirements cause a serious and complex situation
in the Reproduction Plant. In order to only partially fulfill these
requirements the Reproduction Plant is forced to print on plastic
with make-shift adjustments on an automatic offset press. This
procedure results in several serious complications:
1. Loss of time in adjusting the automatic offset press
for paper and plastic printing.
2. Intolerable waste of plastics. Doss through damage
to plastics runs as high as 50% when this type of printing is
attempted on an automatic offset press. Considering the high
cost of plastics, the resultant waste is very serious in both
the cost factor and availability of the plastic products.
3. The automatic offset press is thereby not available
for the production of other high priority work for both the
INS program and other CIA requirements. This is particularly
serious since there is a demand for the "regular" reproduction
and. it consists of a type for which the automatic offset press
is specifically constructed.
c. The installation of a proof press at the U. S. GPO-S will
provide the necessary equipment to fulfill the requirements described
above. The Reproduction Plant has assured the Map Branch that a
proof press is the proper type of equipment for printing on plastic.
(Verified by AMS, Ii), USC & GS, etc.). The loss through breakage will
Office Memandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Approvea ror Keiease Luu-riuuiuu : iA-r:ur?iu-u4yu-IA000-Iuu r4M,{
ap Branch, ORE
DATE: 19 November 1948
SUBJECT: Proof Press Facilities in the Reproduction Plant
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be materially reduced to what is considered normal, the man-hours
required for a unit of work will be' greatly reduced and the auto-
matic offset presses will be available for full time production
of standard printing on paper.
d. If proof press facilities are made available the following
additional requirements will automatically be satisfied:
1. Production of multi-colored, complex, highly classified
maps for which relatively few prints are desired or allowed.
Such production can best be accommplished with a proof press.
2. Press proof copies of a limited number of maps. A
certain percentage of the maps produced by the Map Branch require
press proof copies instead of color proof. This requirement is
not being met at the present time and would be satisfied if proof
press facilities were available in the U. S. (PO-S.
3. Limited press facilities for image sizes larger than
26" X 3811, the maximum size of the present automatic presses.
(The proposed proof press has a 4O" X 52" capacity.)
4. The proof press is a most efficient method of. pro-
viding "reproduction proof" of textual and simple graphic
material. At present this function is accomplished on a letter
press, a far less efficient machine for this type of work. The
demand for "reproduction proof" of textual material for the
NIS.program will be particularly heavy.
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