Linotype Model 78 Typesetter
Year
c. 1948
Accession Number
NPM.AR.7
Provenance
Donated by the Irish Independent, Dublin.
Linotype Model 78 Typesetter
The Linotype was the first hot metal composing machine, invented in 1885 by Ottmar Mergenthaler. It is capable of producing a single line of metal type, called a slug, using a keyboard, matrices, and molten metal.