1. A system for converting visual illustrations on paper and associated magnetic media retained text and tabulation typesetting data of a printed publication of articles, into universally outputable digital data form retained in master memory, comprising: graphics locator means for determining the insertion locations referenced within said text and tabulations typesetting data representing the positioning of said visual illustrations; scanning means for converting said visual illustrations to digital graphic data; means for generating graphic property data representing the graphics size characteristics of said digital graphic data; means for providing font size data for the text characters represented by said text typesetting data; means for providing font image defining data; formatting means responsive to said insertion location, said text typesetting data, said graphic property data and said font size data for generating device independent formatted page files; and mastering means responsive to said digital graphic data, said device independent formatted page files, and said font image defining data for deriving said universally outputable digital data retained within said master memory.
1. A system for converting visual illustrations on paper and associated magnetic media retained text and tabulation typesetting data of a printed publication of articles, into universally outputable digital data form retained in master memory, comprising: graphics locator means for determining the insertion locations referenced within said text and tabulations typesetting data representing the positioning of said visual illustrations; scanning means for converting said visual illustrations to digital graphic data; means for generating graphic property data representing the graphics size characteristics of said digital graphic data; means for providing font size data for the text characters represented by said text typesetting data; means for providing font image defining data; formatting means responsive to said insertion location, said text typesetting data, said graphic property data and said font size data for generating device independent formatted page files; and mastering means responsive to said digital graphic data, said device independent formatted page files, and said font image defining data for deriving said universally outputable digital data retained within said master memory. 11. The system of claim 1 including: equation identifier means responsive to said text and tabulations typesetting data for deriving a separate equation file corresponding therewith; said formatting means is responsive to said equation file for deriving a device independent formatted equation file; including equation readout means responsive to said device independent formatted equation file for deriving a visually inspectable equation check readout corresponding therewith; change means responsive to applied corrections derive by visual inspection of said equation check readout for correctively effecting alteration of said equation file; and graphics readout means responsive to said graphics locator means insertion locations, said scanning means digital graphic data and said graphic property data for deriving a visually inspectable graphics check readout corresponding therewith.