Sytin (Système de transmission d'images numérisées) transmits digital images over ordinary analog telephone lines and teleprints photos in real time. This system has no equal anywhere in the world. However, it is only as fast as the analog network on which it depends.

First laser printing of black and white photos. From 1986, printing became digital.

Computerisation and satellites increase volume of news transmitted - 1 million words a day compared to 600,000 in 1975.

The system uses an analogue signal, and the client must have a digital receiver to get photos on their screen. The computer operating system is provided by AFP.