TYPESETTING MACHINES,Article with Antique Prints ,1894 Antique Wood Engraving

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In printing, the Linotype machine (pronounced "LINEotype" uses a 90-character keyboard to create an entire line of metal type at once. This allows much faster printing than with the Gutenberg-style system, in which operators place down one letter, punctuation mark or space at a time. The machine revolutionized newspaper publishing, making it possible for a relatively small number of operators to set type for many pages on a daily basis. First produced by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886, the Linotype was 2.1 m tall. Keystrokes retrieved letter molds from the magazines. Once an entire line of molds was assembled, the machine poured molten type metal, which is an alloy of lead usually also containing tin and antimony, into the stacked-up molds. This produced a complete line of type in reverse, so it would read properly when used to transfer ink onto paper. The lines of type were then assembled by hand into a page. The Typograph machine was developed during the same period as Merganthaler's and is technically a linotype in that it casts a type slug. The matrices are suspended on wires, and when activated by the keyboard, slide by gravity into casting position. Circular wedge justifiers spread the line before casting. After the slug is cast the mold opens on three sides, eliminating the trimming operation. Manual tilting of the matrix frame causes the matrices to distribute. Each line must be distributed before assembling another. Monotype or Monotype machine A typesetting machine invented by Tolbert Lanston in 1893 which casts one row or a block of type as a single piece. Each line may have mixture of sizes but only one typeface

Approximate Overall Size: 6 X 9 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Book Plate - Excellent Condition. As Scanned. German Text. Beautiful with excellent detail. SINGLE PAGE BACK TO BACK ARTICLE IN GERMAN WITH INTEXT PRINTS