Dr. Hell Marks 100th Birthday

Other inventions from Dr. Hell also left their mark, including the Colorgraph scanner in 1963, the Digiset for digital reproduction of text and pictures, and the Pressfax for remote transmission of entire newspaper pages. In 1980, he showcased the Chromacom electronic image processing system.

Dr. Hell's company merged with Linotype AG to form Linotype-Hell AG, which was then acquired by Heidelberg in 1997.