Andy Taylor sent in these pictures of his “brand new” Model F Elrod strip-casting machine. He’s hoping to send in some video of the machine in operation in the near future. He also has a Model K.
Model F Elrod
Category: Composition
Linotype Comet 300 TTS
Many thanks to Bill Nairn, from New Zealand, for sending in these photographs — they show a Linotype Comet 300, complete with a Fairchild operating unit attached to the linecaster’s keyboard and the perforating keyboard. The whole set-up is in full operational condition.
Says Bill: “In New Zealand, we had the opportunity to restore a Linotype Comet 300, complete with Fairchild Operating Unit (attached to the Linotype keyboard) and the perforating keyboard.
Withy Grove, Manchester
The New Linotype
This article, taken from a Mergenthaler Printing Company publication, dated 1890 describes the “New Linotype” to newspaper proprietors, etc. It also compares the machine to the earlier “Blower” machine and the un-named “most prominent typesetting machine.”
The document compares “The most prominent typesetting machine” and the old “Blower” Linotype to the new model:
Linotype Model 14 Brochure
Robert Griffith sent in some scans of this 1920s advertising brochure for the Model 14 Linotype. It appears to have been produced by the Chicago office of Mergenthaler.
Striking features of the Model 14
This Linotype may be equipped with one, two, or three full-size magazines which are interchangeable with those of all single- and multiple-magazine Linotypes using quick-change Model 5 magazines.
Linecaster Advertisements
Many thanks to Jim Daggs, of Ackley Publishing Company, Ackley, Iowa for sending in these photographs.
The advertisement states: “Model 12 Linograph — The All Purpose Machine.
Blue Streak Linotypes
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.
Early Typesetting Machines
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.
1891 Typesetting Competition
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.
Nodis Rapid Caster
THIS MACHINE was advertised in the November 1944 edition of The British Printer.
The text of the advertisement is as follows: “Type! A Worry? It isn’t to printers who have a Nodis Rapid Caster.