Monotype Keyboard Paper Rolls - California, USA

Monotype Gauge Tool - Huntingdonshire, UK

Linotype Apprenticeship Lessons - Indiana, USA

Ludlow Copy Holder - Michigan, USA

Special Character Linotype Mats, North Carolina, USA

German Linotype on Display

This unusual German machine is on display in the entrance of a German book publishing establishment. Plenty of the typical German "black knobs" and a chain ar...

Printle No.8

Printle No.8 is now available.T he difficulty level is medium. Let us know how you did (but no spoilers please) by pressing the button under the puzzle and posting here.

The Linotype and The Typesetting Race - video

This video from The International Printing Museum has curator Mark Barbour taking an in-depth look at the Unitype Machine, The Rogers Typograph, The Linotype Junior and the Linotype.

Letterpress Training

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to inform you all that the Council of Europe and European Commission has given us a grant amounting to 9,900 euros for Letterpress training, preserving old printing ...

Re: Replacing a Composition Caster Temp. Controller

Ready for installation: Thermo controller of the Monotype casters, replacing traditional with mercury switch.

Re: Replacing a Composition Caster Temp. Controller

Nice retrofit! Do you have pictures with the cover in place and installed.Here you see the advantage of the smaller form-factor controllers: They are more likely to be mountable within the existin...

Re: Glossary of Printing Trade Terms - Vol. 2

At the Financial Times in the 60's we used the word 'screamer' for an exclamation mark. We also used the expression 'dissed' when type was wrongly placed or mixed up or dropped. Could...

Re: Glossary of Printing Trade Terms - Vol. 2

Hi Tim, you're the second person to mention screamer. I always thought it was more of an American term, and preferred to call it a "dog's cock." As for dissed. That usually describes carefully dism...

(Another) Monotype Comp Caster for sale in California

This is in regards to Monotype Caster for parts - California, USA. This looks very much like the comp caster which Ludw...