{"id":45548,"date":"2023-09-05T09:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T08:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=45548"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T08:25:06","slug":"printing-the-northland-age-1962","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\/","title":{"rendered":"Printing the Northland Age, 1962"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Graeme How, from New Zealand for sending in this illustrated article.<\/p>\n

\"Printing<\/p>\n

Machinery In The Modern Printing Plant of the ‘Northland Age’ –<\/strong><\/p>\n

TOP left:<\/strong> The Klischograph Photo Engraving Machine. This machine played a big
\npart in the engraving of blocks for this magazine. Right:<\/strong> The Leitz Enlarger in our
\nmodern photographic department. LOWER right:<\/strong> 2 typesetting machines. Left:<\/strong>
\nThe thirteen and a half ton Cossar printing machine on which the Northland Age is
\nprinted twice weekly. BOTTOM left:<\/strong> One of our Heidelberg letterpress machines
\nused for the many printing jobs required in your business – letterheads,
\nstatements, docket books, wedding invites, catalogues etc.<\/p>\n

\"Printing<\/p>\n

Top left:<\/strong> Trimming paper on the guillotine. Top right:<\/strong> Keeping the accounts straight.
\nCentre:<\/strong> The Linotype machines. Bottom left:<\/strong> A printing machine for small work.
\nBottom right:<\/strong> The machine which prints ‘The Northlander.’<\/p>\n

Left Panel reads:<\/strong> We Are Printers of Everything. Right Panel:<\/strong> Let The News Do That Next Job.
\nCentre Panel:<\/strong>
\n“The News” Printing Department has the machines, and men to look after all your
\nprinting requirements. It costs nothing to get a quote.<\/p>\n

NEWS LTD
\nBox 1 KAIKOHE Phone 321
\n“The Northlander” was printed in Kaikohe by “The News”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to Graeme How, from New Zealand for sending in this illustrated article. Machinery In The Modern Printing Plant of the ‘Northland Age’ – TOP left: The Klischograph Photo Engraving Machine. This machine played a big part in the engraving of blocks for this magazine. Right: The Leitz Enlarger in our modern photographic department. … Continue reading “Printing the Northland Age, 1962”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,15,18,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45548","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-australianz","category-composition","category-newspaper","category-presses","category-wkplace"],"yoast_head":"\nPrinting the Northland Age, 1962 - Metal Type<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An illustrated article from 1961-62 showing how the New Zealand publication Northland Age was produced by letterpress\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Printing the Northland Age, 1962 - Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An illustrated article from 1961-62 showing how the New Zealand publication Northland Age was produced by letterpress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-05T08:25:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/NA2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MTPrinting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/\",\"name\":\"Printing the Northland Age, 1962 - Metal Type\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/photos\\\/images\\\/NA2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-05T08:23:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-05T08:25:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"An illustrated article from 1961-62 showing how the New Zealand publication Northland Age was produced by letterpress\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/photos\\\/images\\\/NA2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/photos\\\/images\\\/NA2.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/printing-the-northland-age-1962\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Printing the Northland Age, 1962\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metal Type\",\"description\":\"Yesterday\u2019s Technology . . . 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