Linotype machines are awesome
@mike_robinson wrote: As someone who is not the neatest typer (so far this comment has had 4 corrections), this machine is giving me a panic attack. Read full topic
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@proboscidean wrote: My wife and I stumbled across a linotype machine on permanent exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Industry (the linotype was invented in Baltimore). There's a fellow who grew up...
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@dorkhero wrote: My father taught Printing and Graphic Arts at a vocational high school in San Antonio, Texas for 30 years (1960s to 1990s). He had previously been the owner/operator of the La Grange...
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@NathanHornby wrote: Aaaaha. Line-o-type - Linotype. I never got that connection before. (I'm more familiar with the company than the printing process) Read full topic
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@simonize wrote: In other news linoleum is made with linseed oil that comes from flax plants, which are also the source of linen. (and raw linen really is about the color of blond hair, thus the term...
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@Andy_Keck wrote: @mike_robinson Typing errors are not a big deal. The matrices drop onto an assembler rail where you can read what you're going to cast before commiting. It's easy to pick out an...
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@Andy_Keck wrote: Ah, the real danger, or fun, if you're like that, is the ever-present possibility of a squirt. I've managed to spray lead quite a distance. I've learned to stay out of the blast zone...
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@NathanHornby wrote: The funny thing is you just taught me that Linseed is the same thing as Flaxseed. It's like I don't know anything! Read full topic
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@numfar wrote: Not so much the English language. It's actually Latin: linum = flax/linseed, oleum = oil, hencelin-oleum = linseed oil. Read full topic
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@MrProtocol wrote: I loved the eccentric cam wheels that drive the thing. I was immediately reminded of the set of eccentric cams that drive Babbage's difference engine, to be seen in the Science...
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@Andy_Keck wrote: The distribution mechanism is also fascinating. Mergenthaler independenly (re)invented a 7-bit binary encoding for the mats, implemented as key-like teeth on the mats and distributor...
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@Vanwall wrote: A couple of unusual films to watch regarding Linotype machines: "Park Row" directed by Sam Fuller, it has an interesting take on the origins of it, and "Prix de Beauté" with some in...
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@Calton wrote: What a coincidence: just a few hours ago I was describing this machine to a Japanese acquaintance as part of the explanation for the term "boilerplate" (yeah, I went off on a bit of a...
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@jheiss wrote: When I was a kid (early 80s) my dad took us to the University of Oregon print shop, which still had a couple of Linotype machines. They are a fascinating thing to see in operation. Read...
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@Taniwha wrote: My Dad started out as a lino operator, had to leave high school in the 30s at 15 to support the family (his dad was blind) - in one sense they were the geeks of their day - good lino...
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@jonbly wrote: Sounds unlikely, but I ran one of these twenty-five years ago, at our school's printing press (well, actually one of the later Intertype machines -...
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@ColleenP wrote: My dad used to work on a Linotype so I sent him a link to your post. Here's his response: That was a really cool video. I wish I had seen it before I startedlearning the trade. It was...
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@jimh wrote: For those interested in printing and printing history, I highly recommend the full length documentary Linotype: The Film released last year. I had the opportunity to see it during it's...
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@Ian_Harding wrote: At Estacada High School in Oregon up through the late 70's early 80's, Mr Patterson taught the printing classes in the room under the stadium and we got to actually use this...
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@technogeekagain wrote: Not mentioned here because it would have been obvious to the pros: The single biggest advantage of "hot lead" like the linotype (and ludlow, which was the hand-set equivalent...
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@Fee_Berry wrote: When I worked as an editorial assistant and editor at Lloyd's Register in the 1980s they were still using hot metal typesetting for printing their staff magazine, commercial magazine...
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@robotech wrote: My great-grandfather was a linotype operator for an Oklahoma paper. But that's not the most fascinating thing about him. In the late 1920s, he took his whole family on a driving trip...
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@timquinn wrote: The language is awesome but the technology too. Not only is traditional canvas made from linen which comes from flax (not new zealand flax, by the way) but the oil used in the paint...
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@timquinn wrote: I know a few printer who do letterpress. This is the system that uses pre-made letters and they are set by hand in boards to make a page of print. I suspect it is the predecessor of...
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