{"id":369,"date":"2017-06-10T19:36:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T19:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=369"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:53:53","slug":"linotype-comet-300-tts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/linotype-comet-300-tts\/","title":{"rendered":"Linotype Comet 300 TTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Bill Nairn, from New Zealand, for sending in these photographs \u2014 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.<\/p>\n

\"Fairchild<\/a>
Fairchild TTS perforating keyboard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“This machine is the only survivor in this country of dozens used in our newspapers from the mid-1950s to 1980 and it was important for us to preserve it.<\/p>\n

The Comet is now setting type from tape \u2014 it is fascinating to watch!<\/p>\n

“The Comet was introduced in 1950 by Mergenthaler to meet the ever-increasing demand for more and more production from newspaper linecasters \u2014 the batteries of manual machines just could not keep up with the demand. The final development in hot-metal linecasting came in the 1960s with Linotype’s “Elektron” and Intertype’s “Monarch” machines, which could produce up to 15 newspaper column lines per minute.”<\/p>\n

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Linotype Comet 300 with Fairchild operating unit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Linotype fan? Don’t miss the Linotype Chat<\/strong><\/a> section of the Metal Type Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Bill Nairn, from New Zealand, for sending in these photographs \u2014 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. 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