Mergenthaler Linotype Literature

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Sales Literature

General overviews. Machines and product lines. Major components and subsystems. The Teletypesetter as a system. Specific features and capabilities. Internal sales manual. House organs ( The Linotype Bulletin). Accessories.

Branding and identity ("The Hand that Keeps the World Informed")

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Parts Books and Parts Price Lists

[NOT DONE]

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Part Index

[BARELY STARTED - online only because it contains anchors that other things link to.] Break out part numbers to their multiple names. Crosslink to compatible parts by Star Parts, Intertype, and Rich & McLean, and, when appropriate, to equivalent parts by Intertype.

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Maintenance

Links to the major Mergenthaler books and manuals. Reprints of various maintenance booklets. Reprints of some Linotype Improvement Sheets." Maintenance of specific items (Electromatic Safety, Pots, Quadders; Comet-specific Maintenance). Reprints (ongoing; not much done yet) of maintenance "Memos," "Lists," "Parts Lists," "Items," "Diagram Sheets," "Mailing Sheets," and "Wiring Diagrams."

But for weight/dimension data for rigging, erection procedures (assembling the machine), taking-down procedures (disassembling the machine), and factory finishing procedures, see the section "Assembling and Disassembling," below.

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Assembling and Disassembling

How to build a Linotype, given a suitable collection of parts: Erecting procedures. Taking-down procedures. Upgrade and modification procedures. Factory finishing procedures. Rigging and shipping.

But for more or less routine maintenance procedures, see the section "Maintenance," above .

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Engineering Drawings

Engineering Drawings (intended for use in manufacturing).

For other kinds of technical and engineering drawings intended for use in maintenance, see Maintenance.

See also the Linotype Parts Co. / Star Parts Engineering Drawings & Data Notebooks. Star Parts reverse-engineered many Linotype components.

See also the "Individual Makers of Linotype & Intertype Compatible Parts" for modern reverse-engineered and/or compatible components.

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Operation

Manual keyboard operation: Link to Linotype Keyboard Operation on William Spurling's http://www.linotype.org/ site. Linotype Keyboard Practice booklet. [NOT DONE: Matrix Planning and Ordering]

Teletypesetter and tape/computational operation: [NOTHING YET]

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Ephemera

[NOTHING YET]

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