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lohphat

2012-02-04 04:30:08 AM

Operating a Linotronic-Hell 300 imagesetter was bad enough in the '80s. I can't imagine working around hot lead all day.

Cuchulane

2012-02-04 08:44:29 AM

That was fascinating. I'm always amazed that machinery with so many potential fail points could operate so efficiently. They must have required a lot of maintenance.

Eddie Adams from Torrance

2012-02-04 09:00:14 AM

Cool find subby... My dad worked at a newspaper when I was a kid. I remember those Linotype machines.. they looked massive to a 10 year old. I still have some slugs that I typed up around somewhere.

NewportBarGuy

2012-02-04 09:42:32 AM

How in the hell do they keep all that stuff organized? Wow.

2wolves

2012-02-04 10:55:37 AM

NewportBarGuy: How in the hell do they keep all that stuff organized? Wow.

Lots of staff. Headcount was very high.

Tophersky

2012-02-04 11:03:06 AM

I went to Vo-Tech for printing, we had one of those machines in our shop. It is amazing to watch it in action. Of course I didn't appreciate what it was doing when I was back in high school, but now, years later and still in the printing industry, I find it completely fascinating. It is amazing how far technology has advanced. I watched a documentary or something on the Linotype machine, the guy who designed and built it was a clock maker, by trade. Fascinating...well...if you like that sort of thing : /

dogdaze

2012-02-04 11:44:09 AM

I suddenly find myself missing my Brother word processor.

LawrencePerson

2012-02-04 11:57:26 AM

30 minute video on typesetting? Thanks, but I'll ETAOIN SHRDLU

Sandvich is loose cannon

2012-02-04 12:09:19 PM

Know who I think the narrator sounded like?

30.media.tumblr.com

Psychopusher

2012-02-04 12:16:01 PM

Sandvich is loose cannon: Know who I think the narrator sounded like?

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I was thinking more a young

style.lifegoesstrong.com

SharkTrager

2012-02-04 01:34:42 PM

Psychopusher: Sandvich is loose cannon: Know who I think the narrator sounded like?

[30.media.tumblr.com image 251x233]

I was thinking more a young

[style.lifegoesstrong.com image 355x480]

Really? I heard

www.retrojunkie.com

lohphat

2012-02-04 01:39:40 PM

LawrencePerson: 30 minute video on typesetting? Thanks, but I'll ETAOIN SHRDLU

I see what you did there, I sees it.

/shouda been lowercase ;-)

spacemanjones

2012-02-04 01:48:10 PM

that was the worst CGI Ive ever seen

greenwald

2012-02-04 01:51:49 PM

I always have been impressed by these machines, it makes me feel cheep developing automated machines using PLC and sensors.

lohphat

2012-02-04 01:56:43 PM

Last night, the world premier of "Linotype the Film" ^ was shown in NYC. I wish I could have been there.

There are abandoned Linotypes and Intertypes hiding in storage rooms and garages. Found one in operational condition in TX for $1000 but buyer has to disassemble and move the two ton beast. The good news is that there are societies of old printing guilds that make type matrices and parts.

An the day when Publishing was harder and more thought was poured in to the product. Now a days, anyone can produce drivel on a page in seconds without any thought about the impact. Continue to Twitter and words are now truly cheap and disposable.

lohphat

2012-02-04 02:02:56 PM

Here's what you had to do if your print shop couldn't afford a typesetting machine.

Assemble rows of type by hand. ^

wiredroach

2012-02-04 02:45:47 PM

ǝɯosǝʍɐ sɐʍ ʇɐɥʇ

Tehrasha

2012-02-04 03:02:33 PM

This video could almost be considered steampunk porn.

HI-FYE

2012-02-04 03:49:02 PM

ridin on the bus, ridin on the bus

Gough

2012-02-04 07:33:50 PM

lohphat: Here's what you had to do if your print shop couldn't afford a typesetting machine.

Assemble rows of type by hand. ^

Gough Sr. was a printer way back when. He considered Linotype machines to be cutting edge technology. The interesting side effect of having a printing press in our basement when I was a kid: the annual visit from the Secret Service.

lohphat

2012-02-04 08:29:14 PM

Gough: lohphat: Here's what you had to do if your print shop couldn't afford a typesetting machine.

Assemble rows of type by hand. ^

Gough Sr. was a printer way back when. He considered Linotype machines to be cutting edge technology. The interesting side effect of having a printing press in our basement when I was a kid: the annual visit from the Secret Service.

/looks at your profile

I've actually been to Moscow ID for a wedding about 8 years ago. Flew into Spokane from SFO and my cousin picked me up and we drove out. He and his buddy were forestry professors and the groom was teaching at the university while my cousin taught at Humboldt. I would have never thought of going there but it was very pleasant. We had a picnic in a park where I learned how to play cricket (groom was an Aussie and the bride English), they now live in Melbourne.

Gough

2012-02-04 10:21:19 PM

lohphat: Gough: lohphat: Here's what you had to do if your print shop couldn't afford a typesetting machine.

Assemble rows of type by hand. ^

Gough Sr. was a printer way back when. He considered Linotype machines to be cutting edge technology. The interesting side effect of having a printing press in our basement when I was a kid: the annual visit from the Secret Service.

/looks at your profile

I've actually been to Moscow ID for a wedding about 8 years ago. Flew into Spokane from SFO and my cousin picked me up and we drove out. He and his buddy were forestry professors and the groom was teaching at the university while my cousin taught at Humboldt. I would have never thought of going there but it was very pleasant. We had a picnic in a park where I learned how to play cricket (groom was an Aussie and the bride English), they now live in Melbourne.

The alarming part about this is that I probably know some of the people that you met. We work a lot with the profs in the College of Natural Resources.

Mcavity

2012-02-04 10:27:17 PM

/obscure?

douchebag/hater

2012-02-05 02:00:56 AM

What was the word used in that series by Robert Anton? Fnerd? Something like that...

Anyone recognize the music used at 1:18? Haven't heard it in years but I remember it being used in other films.

Cool find, subby.

lohphat

2012-02-05 04:04:17 AM

douchebag/hater: Anyone recognize the music used at 1:18? Haven't heard it in years but I remember it being used in other films.

"American In Paris" -- George Gershwin.

RatOmeter

2012-02-05 12:16:44 PM

When I was a kid in the '70s, a friend of my dad's ran a small town newspaper. He was the whole crew, reporter, editor, subscription and advertising manager and the typesetter.

I was absolutely fascinated by his printing press, but his Linotype machine just blew my mind.

Fear the Clam

2012-02-05 12:31:50 PM

douchebag/hater: What was the word used in that series by Robert Anton? Fnerd? Something like that...

Anyone recognize the music used at 1:18? Haven't heard it in years but I remember it being used in other films.

Cool find, subby.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fivTIT-i7YM (new window)

fat boy

2012-02-05 11:03:23 PM

Mcavity: [www.rense.com image 640x480]
/obscure?

Mr. Smith is never obscure

Perlin Noise

2012-02-06 07:59:13 AM

+1 for appropriate use of the work literally

Perlin Noise

2012-02-06 07:59:54 AM

damnit! I meant "word"

RobotSpider

2012-02-06 01:22:07 PM

Most in-depth episode of How It's Made, EVER.