Melbourne Museum of Printing
OUR MACHINERY COLLECTION
Typesetting Machinery
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Typesetting Machines in Our Collection
[including technical descriptions]
[ for general discussion and history see the entry in our
Printing Industry Pages.
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Monotype Composition Caster
Single-type Cast-and-Compose System.
The Linotype
Recirculating Matrix Linecaster
The Intertype
Recirculating Matrix Linecaster, for most purposes identical with the
Linotype.
The Ludlow Typograph
Hand-assembled Linecaster.
The Nebitype
Hand-assembled Linecaster. Made in Italy.
WE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION ON OTHER TYPESETTING MACHINES
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