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Yorkshire PostBurlington Press & Electrical PressAlbert EinsteinLinotype FactoryInternational Printing MuseumPrinters Anatomy CartoonHarrison and Sons, 1950 Printer's Hat Wairoa Star 1968 Linotype Elektron Monotype Caster Linotype Model 1 For Sale Solar Powered Printing Press Linotype Features All-Purpose Linotype (APL) Model K Elrod
• Video July 3, 1886 Yorkshire Evening Press, Xmas Eve

Linotype Distribution

Diagram of Linotype Distribution Mechanism These Linotype diagrams are in three sections:
Assembly
Casting
Distribution

FEATURES of the Linotype Distribution Mechanism taken from "Linotype Leadership" published in 1930 by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company.

40 - Second Elevator Guide
41 - Adjustable Intermediate Channel Front Plate
42 - Second Elevator Starting Spring
43 - Cushion Spring for Distributor Shifter Slide
44 - Matrix Lift Stop
45 - Automatic Font Distinguisher

Diagram of Linotype Distribution Mechanism

46 - Anchored Channel Entrance Partitions
47 - Two-Pitch Distributor Screw with Spiral Automatic
48 - Two-Speed Distributor Drive
49 - Flexible Pi Tube
50 - Automatic Sorts Stacker
51 - Simple Multiple Distributor

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