To prepare text or images for printing using film-based typesetting technology; to compose using photographic film methods.
Compound of 'film' and 'set,' referring to the filmsetting process (also called photocomposition), which used photographic film to create printing plates, popular from 1950s-1990s.
Filmsetting revolutionized printing before computers took over—it was faster and more flexible than hot metal type, but it's now mostly historical except in specialized archival work.
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