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eBay Highlights . . .

Linotype Model 31 (several) - Alabama, USA

Monotype Book of Information - Kent, UK

Monotype Book of Information - Kent, UK

Heidelberg Windmill - California, USA

Heidelberg Windmill - California, USA

Stephenson Blake Type Specimen Book - Scotland, UK

Stephenson Blake Type Specimen Book - Scotland, UK

Linotype Mats, 10pt Erbar w/bold - North Carolina, USA

Linotype Mats, 10pt Erbar w/bold - North Carolina, USA

Forum Latest . . .

Postage Stamps

General Chat  •  August 12  •  printsmurf

Issued on 10 September 2012. 150th Anniversary of the newspaper ROMA.

If you haven't looked at the collection of postage stamps on the Forum recently, take a look. There's now nearly 400 posts, it's got to be the largest collection of print-related stamps on the internet.

Re: Inventorying Linotype Matrices - "E" codes and concave diamonds?

Linotype Chat  •  August 10  •  Dmac

If you can help this Linotype rookie identify these mats, please post, you don't need to register.

Thank you. Yes, I've checked those lists too. I guess my questions are more general:
1) who made the mats marked with "8pt E2337" style numbers? There's no symbol.

New Forest Wayzgoose (UK) - September 23

Letterpress Events  •  August 11  •  Dave Hughes

Print Expo & Fair - October 14, Ontario, Canada

Letterpress Events  •  August 12  •  Dave Hughes

An event organised by expert press restorers Howard Iron Works. More details here: Print Expo & Fair

Penrith Museum of Printing - video

General Chat  •  August 12  •  Dave Hughes

A nice overview of the history of this Australian museum and a look at some of the main exhibits. The museum is currently fundraising in order to move the Don Dorrigo press, more of that on the for...

Re: Printing in Trumpton

General Chat  •  August 09  •  listohan

Did this bloke work for The News of The World?

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High-Speed Russian

Way back in 1969 I was a young Monotype keyboard operator at Cambridge University Press. Keen to ‘get on’, I volunteered to study Russian at night class (unpaid) with a view to typesetting Russian at work. Read the rest
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