Linotype Manual

These manual aims at helping the users of Linotype by giving them elaborate instructions regarding its use and features. It focuses on guiding the users in keeping the metal in good condition to obtain best results from the machine. The Linotype machine is a «line casting» machine used in printing sold by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related companies.

The contents of the manual include instructions on: best method of placing machine; Linotype motor; The machine as it comes from the factory and how to erect it; Temperature of the metal; The gas connections and governor; Purifying the metal; Formation of dross upon the surface of Linotype metal; Care of friction clutch; To adjust new style automatic stop; To set vise automatic; To prevent transposition of matrices; The assembler star and friction spring and many more useful directions.