The material on this page is taken from a brochure published in circa 1960 by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. The brochure showcased the company’s latest machines and innovations, including the Linofilm System.
The basic Linotype, the Blue Streak Model 5 Meteor is the world’s favorite single-magazine line-caster.
Its new high speed guarantees top output at smooth operation.
The Meteor is specifically designed for simple composition of text matter in faces that run in 90-channel magazines. This includes most text faces through normal 18- and condensed 30-point.
The Meteor is particularly useful in composing rooms where only one font is needed for the majority of work, or where the variety of fonts required is so diverse that it’s impossible to keep them all on one machine.
Recent re-engineering gives the Meteor the new speed and smoothness required in today’s fast-moving operations.
Among its many improvements are new cam contours which eliminate vibration and assure smoother high-speed operation.
An improved mold-turning mechanism provides smoother starting and stopping and easy acceleration.
It reduces impact at high speed, and thus eliminates chatter, vibration and wear.
Angles of the spaceband chute side rails have been redesigned so that bands are guided evenly and smoothly at all speeds.
And the new distributor clutch is simpler, more sensitive and has the automatic re-starting feature.
These and other improvements make the Meteor the perfect machine for swift, economical and efficient production at low initial cost.
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