Historical information
These nine photographs of Printer Technicians working on the despatch of bulk printed map stock to customers, were probably taken circa 1970s to 1990s in Lithographic Squadron at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. Except for photo .3P, personnel are not annotated on the photos. Despatch was the final task performed by a team of Printer Technicians. It involved the wrapping of trimmed bulk maps into manageable parcels and sending them by freight to customers or to the Army Map Depot at Bandiana, VIC. The task’s Due date and sensitivity were essential considerations in the planning of production affecting the lead time and method of delivery. Freighting by commercial means was the normal method for routine tasks. The method of despatch for urgent time-critical tasks sometimes meant having to use military freight or safe-handed by Army Survey Regiment personnel. The mishap captured in photos .6P and .7P was rare, but costly if it was a time critical task. The Print Room’s Map Handling Station in photos .8P and .9P provided ergonomic benefits to the Printer Technician and improved despatch productivity.
Physical description
This is a set of photographs of Printer Technicians involved in the despatch of bulk printed map stock c1970s to c1990s. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1970s, L to R: unidentified, unidentified, Lithographic Squadron
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1980s, Steve Egan, Lithographic Squadron
.3) - Photo, black & white, c1980s, L to R: unidentified, Kim Reynolds, Lithographic Squadron
.4) - Photo, colour, c1980s, L to R: Jeff Willey, Gary Kerr, Lithographic Squadron
.5) - Photo, black & white, c1980s, L to R: Jim Ash, Mark ‘Dogs’ Doherty, Stuart Ridge, Lithographic Squadron
.6) - Photo, colour, c1980s, printed maps toppled, Lithographic Squadron
.7) - Photo, colour, c1980s, printed maps toppled, Lithographic Squadron
.8) - Photo, black & white, c1990s, L to R: unidentified, unidentified, Lithographic Squadron
.9) - Photo, black & white, c1990s, unidentified, Lithographic Squadron
Inscriptions & markings
.3P, personnel annotation on back.
.1P, .2P, .4P, .5P, .8P and .9P – no personnel annotated
.6P and .7P – ‘Good one Daryl’ annotated on back.