The Star Automatic Quadding Attachment (1949)
The Star Automatic Quadding Attachment. (South Hackensack, NJ: Linotype Parts Company, n.d. [circa 1949]) This would appear to be the original brochure for the first Star Quadder. (This was introduced in 1949, according to the later brochure There's a Star Quadder to Meet Every "White Space" Need , reprinted below.)
This reprint includes the business card of a Linotype Parts Company sales representative in Chicago, which was originally stapled to the front of this brochure. It is interesting because it was printed when Chicago was using telephone numbers consisting of three numeric characters for the exchange plus four digits (ANDover 3423). It has been annotated to reflect the change to two-character exchange identification with five digits (ANdover 3-3423, which in this case works out to the same number if dialled directly). In Chicago, this change occurred on September 18, 1948.
Selectro-Matic Model F Brochure
This was in an edition of the Star Parts Catalog that was either from 1956 (date on the introduction) or 1960 (date stamped as received by an owner); of course, it may have been added later. (But the same brochure is also present in a different copy of the 1956 catalog, so 1956 or so is a good bet.)
A Star Quadder to Meet Every "White Space" Need
There's a Star Quadder to Meet Every "White Space" Need. (South Hackensack, NJ: Star Parts Company, n.d.) Eight page brochure.
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (96 Megabytes): star-quadder-to-meet-every-white-space-need-0600dpijpg.pdf
Maintenance, Models C - D - E (1953)
Manual [for the] "Star" Automatic Quadding Attachment, Models C-D-E (South Hackensack, NJ: Star Parts, Inc., 1951, 1953). The title page of the manual indicates a date of June 1953, but most of the pages in this copy date from November, 1951.
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (471 Megabytes): star-parts-quadder-manual-models-c-d-e-1953-06-0600dpijpg.pdf
Parts Catalog, Models C & D (1950)
Parts Catlog - Star Automatic Quadding Attachment, Models C and D. (South Hackensack, NJ: Linotype Parts Company, 1950.) This parts catalog, dated from an attached slip to July 20, 1950, is illustrated with glossy photographic prints bound into the manual on hinges ("bound" is too grand a term; it's 3-hole clasp folder with a label pasted on the front).
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (179 Megabytes): star-parts-quadder-catalog-models-c-d-photos-c1-0600dpijpg.pdf
Operation & Maintenance (Model E)
Operation and Maintenance of the "Star" Automatic Quadding Attachment, Model "E" - Hydraulic [Or Older Models Converted to Dial Type Selector] . (South Hackensack, NJ: Linotype Parts Company, n.d.) After 1949 (introduction of first Star quadder; see " There's a Star Quadder to Meet Every White Space Need" (above), but before the introduction of ZIP codes (1963; it uses city zone codes, introduced 1943).
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (71 Megabytes): star-quadder-model-e-hydraulic-operation-maintenance-0600dpijpg.pdf
Parts Catalog, Model E
Parts Catlog for Star Quadder Model E. (South Hackensack, NJ: Star Parts, Inc., n.d.) The original is composed of sheets printed on one side only, arranged such that the illustration pages are on the left while the parts list for the illustration is on the right.
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (90 Megabytes): star-parts-quadder-catalog-model-e-0600dpijpg.pdf
Operator's Manual
Quadder Operator's Manual. [model unspecified] (South Hackensack, NJ: Star Parts Company, n.d.) This is quite short (three pages). A quadder which required a long operator's manual would rather miss the point. Printing code: F40M-C-KG-TH.
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (44 Megabytes): star-quadder-operators-manual-F40M-C-KG-TH-0600dpijpg.pdf
Operator's Manual (booklet)
Selectro-Matic Quadder Operators Manual. (South Hackensack, NJ: Star Parts Company, n.d.)
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (32 Megabytes): star-parts-operators-manual-booklet-0600dpijpg.pdf
Maintenance Manual (Model F)
Maintenance Manual, Star Selectro-Matic Quadder (Model F) . (South Hackensack, NJ: Star Parts Company, January 1963.)
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (267 Megabytes): star-selectro-matic-quadder-model-f-maintenance-manual-1963-01-0600dpijpg.pdf
A different scan of this manual is available on Dave Seat's Hot Metal Services website at: http://www.hotmetalservices.com/downloadable_documents.htm
Maintenance Manual (Model F)
Maintenance Manual for The Selectro-Matic Quadder (Model F). [Distributed by Linotype Supply Co., NY]
This version is a bit of a mess. The original is a composite of printed sheets and photocopies, and probably represents fragments of at least two documents. There are problems with the pagination (some pages are bound backwards) and in general it is in quite poor condition. Still, it is a different edition, and all information may be useful. The icon here links to a local presentation of the PDF. It's 435 Megabytes.
Thanks are due to Jeff Pulaski for having preserved this document and made it available.
Parts Catalog (Models F, G, and H)
Catalog for Star Quadder Models F, G and H (South Hackensack, NJ: Star Parts Company, n.d.)
The icon at left links to a presentation of this document at The Internet Archive. Here is a local copy of the PDF (409 Megabytes): star-quadder-models-f-g-h-parts-catalog-0600dpijpg.pdf
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