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In form the Linotype is not like
any other machine. It is in reality
the assemblage of four distinct ma
chines or parts, so arranged that
they work in harmony—the maga
zine, the assembling mechanism, the
casting mechanism, and the distribut
ing mechanism. The magazine is on
^ top of the machine, sloping from back
to front at an angle of 37 degrees,
and consisting of two brass plates
placed together with a space about
% of an inch between. The two in
ner surfaces are cut with 92 grooves
•r channels running the up and down
way of the magazine, for carrying
the matrices. The matrices slide
down these channels on edge, with
the face or punched edge down and
the V-end extending toward the up
per part of the magazine. Each one
of these channels is of sufficient
length to contain twenty matrices.
The Linotype matrix is made of
brass. Its thickness varies with the
size of the character stamped into
it. The teeth which appear in the
V at the top of the matrix are used
in the distribution of the matrices
Matrices are made in both one- and
♦wo-letter—i. e., the one-letter mat
rix has but one character punched on
its edge. By an ingenious arrauge
ment either the one-letter or two
letter matrix can be used in the
same machine, and either character
•f the two letter matrix can be used
at will.
The spaceband, which is used to
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separate the words in a line and at
the same time “justify” the line to
the end of the slug, consists of two
steel wedges. One is about the size
of and in from somewhat like a mat
rix; the other is about 5 inches long.
The two are fastened together so
that the long wedge will slide past
the short one. 'The short wedge has
two lugs at the top which engage
in grooves in the front and back
Jaw of the first elevator, so that
when pressure is applied to the low
er end of the wedge, the short wedge
is held in position between the mat
rices, and as the long wedge is forc
ed upward, the thickness of the band
or space increases until the line is
justified to its full length.
The assembling mechanism i3 the
ony part of the Linotype where the
human mind is applied to the work
of the machine. It is necessary for
the eye to read the copy, and the
mind, through the medium of the fin
gers, to translate the copy into as
sembled lines of matrices; after that
the machines acts automatically.
The keyboard is made up of 90
keys, which act directly on the mat
rices in their channels in the maga
zine. The slightest touch on the key
buttons releases the matrix, which
drops to the assembler belt and is
carried swiftly to the assembler.
When a word is assembled, the space
band key is touched and a spaceband
drops into the assembler. When the
necessary matrices and spacebands to
fill the line have been assembled,
the assembler reaches its highest
point it automatically starts the ma
chine and the matrices are trans
ferred to the casting position.
The casting mechanism consists of
the metal pot, mold disk, ejector, and
trimming knives. When the line of
matrices leaves the assembler, they
pass to a position in front of the
mold disk. The disk makes one-quar
ter turn ot the left, which brings the
mold from the ejecting position,
where it stands while the machine is
at rest, to the casting position. It
then advances until the face of the
mold comes in contact with the mat
rices. The metal pot advances until
the pot mouthpiece comes in con
tact with the back of the mold; at
this point the pump plunger descends
and forces the metal into the mold
and again the matrices. The pot then
recedes, the mold disk withdraws
from the matrices and makes a three
fourths of a revolution to the left,
stopping at the ejecting position,
from which it started. The slug is
ejected and assembled in the galley.
During the last revolution of the
disk the botton of the slug is trim
med off, and in the process of ejec
tion the sides of the slug are trim
med, so that when it drops into the
galley the slug is a perfect line of
type, ready for the form. After the
slug has been cast, the matrices are
carried up to the second position,
where they are pushed to the right
and the teeth in the V at the top
of the matrices engage the grooves
in the distributor bar of the second
elevator, which descends from the
distributor box at the same time
that the matrices rise to the second
transfer position. The second eleva
tor then rises toward the distributor
box, taking the matrices with it, but
leaving the spacebands; these are
then pushed to the right and slide
into the spacebffnd box, to be used
again..
As the second elevator rises to
ward the distributor box with its
load of mattrices, the distributor
shifter lever moves to the left until
the elevator head has reached its
place by the distributor box. It then
moves back to the right and pushes
the matrices off the sedond elevator
distributor bar into the distributor
box, where they meet the “matrix
lift” and are lifted, one at a time,
to the distributor screws and distrib
utor bar proper. The teeth in the
matrix and the grooves in the bar
are so arranged that when a matrix
arrives at a point directly over the
channel in which it belongs, it “lets
go” and drops into the channel.
If, however, there is a matrix in
the line which was not designed to
drop into one of the channels operat
ed from the keyboard, it will be car
ried clear across the distributor bar
and dropped into the last channel,
and from there it will find its way
to the sorts box.
The distribution of the matrices is
the most wonderful part of the Lino
type. The distributor will handle the
matrices day after day and week af
ter week, taking the lines as they
come, separating the matrices and
dropping each one into its proper
channel without an error. It does
its work automatically and requires
very little attention.
The manipulation of the Linotype
keyboard differs from the operation
of a typewriter in that it requires
practically no physical exertion. On
the typewriter the operator strikes
the keys with considerable force,
while on the Linotype the slightest
touch on the keybuttons is sufficient
to release the matrices from the
magazine. One quick touch on a
key will bring down a matrix; if
the key is held down the matrices
will continue to drop until the chan
nel is empty.
When the Linotype was first de
signed it was thought that, at best,
it would be used only for newspaper
composition, and, perhaps, no larger
face than 8 point would be used.
But such has been the excellence of
the machine and its product that it
has taken possession of every branch
of composition for the printing trade.
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, cata
logues, editions de luxe, books, mag
azines, newspapers, newspaper adver
tisements, tabular work, and com
mercial job work are now set on the
Linotype. The range in size and face
is from five point to 42 point.
The Linotype is sometimes called
a typesetting machine, but this is not
correct; it does not set type. It is a
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different departure from the old type
setting methods. It might be con
sidered a substitute for type setting.
It is, strictly speaking, a composing
machine, as it does composition, but
its product is not set type, but solid
slugs in the form of lines of type
with the printing face cast on one
edge.
The original Linotype carrie;d 90
characters in one magazine and the
mold was stationary; that is, in or
der to change the length or thickness
of the slug the entire mold was re
moved and another substituted. The
development of the machine from the
priginal type has been steady and
gradual. As printers learned to adapt
their work, they demanded more of
the Linotype and improvements be
gan to appear. The two-letter mat
rix, which gave the operator 180
characters in the magazine, instead
of 90; the Universal Adjustable Mold,
which made the change of slug in
length or thickness the work of a
minute; the two magazine machine,
which gave the operator 360 charac
ters; the quick change of magazines
in one minute by one man; and the
last grand triumph, the three maga
zine Linotype and the four maga
zine Linotype. The former giving the
operator a selection of six or more
faces, 540 characters; the latter,
eight or more faces and 720 charac
ters. With the original machine only
the text matter of newspapers could
be set; with the modern four maga
zine machine the entire paper, heads,
ads., and text can be set from the
machine without change of maga
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The bravest editor has been found.
He declares his paper “does not print
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Scandal-mongers have no union
rules and never object to working a
little overtime.
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