Typesetting tools/Scantext 1000
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launched in 1981(?), in Germany, published by Scangraphic
a full typesetting system (! so typesetting software + printing + os + hardware in one + scanner system to "upload" new fonts?!)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/albert-jan_pool/9014869362/in/photostream/
Spread from the Scangraphic 1985 system brochure showing typesetting jobs on the Page View 1000, a preview terminal. Graphic displays of the phototypesetting systems were that time were interactive. The Digipen 512 was used for correcting scanned BW images, on screen editing of typesetting jobs was not possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scantext