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Goss Unitubular Press

Many thanks to Jim Daggs, of Ackley Publishing Company, Ackley, Iowa for sending in these photographs.

Blue Streak Linotypes

Blue Streak Model 14, 1935, with wide auxiliaries.

Many thanks to Jim Daggs, of Ackley Publishing Company Inc., Ackley, Iowa for sending in these illustrations.

Linotype fan? Don’t miss the Linotype Chat section of the Metal Type Forum. Read the Full Article . . .

Early Typesetting Machines

Mergenthaler's First Band Machine 1884 — Mergenthaler’s First Band Machine 1884.

Many thanks to Jim Daggs, of Ackley Publishing Company Inc., Ackley, Iowa for sending in these illustrations.

The Story of the Linotype Blower (1889) – This article on the Metal Type forum takes an in-depth look at this remarkable but short-lived machine. Read the Full Article . . .

Cossar Flat-Bed Web Press

Thanks to David Philips for sending in these pictures of a historical press from Scotland, UK.

FROM the Strathearn Herald, Saturday July 6, 1907. Read the Full Article . . .

Koenig & Bauer Rollrenner Press Video

Many thanks to Andy from the Basel Paper Mill Museum for sending in these videos of their Koenig & Bauer Rollrenner Press VIII, dating from 1926, printing posters.

Feeding paper Read the Full Article . . .

1891 Typesetting Competition

Composing room — A modern newspaper composing room — Mergenthaler Linotype plant in operation.

These illustrations and article come from a copy of “The Graphic” Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (Chicago) dated October 31, 1891.

There is a full report of this competition on the Metal Type Forum here: 1891 Typesetting Competition. Read the Full Article . . .

Gisborne Museum, NZ

Sad sight — A sad sight to an ex hot metal man. The ‘eighth wonder of the world’ rusting away.

Graeme How sent in these pictures of a neglected Intertype and an old press from a recent visit to the Gisborne Museum of Technology and Transport in New Zealand.