Teletype
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- Title
- Linotype Elektron
- Date
- 1962
- Length
- 10:21
- Description
“In the age of jet speed, Mergenthaler presents the Elektron: fully automated typesetting that is jet fast and all new from the base up.” This film showcases the completely re-designed Elektron Linotype.
Fed by perforated tape, the Elektron can cast up to 15 lines per minute without an operator at the machine. With many electronic and hydraulic parts, the Elektron was Linotype’s last hot-metal type casting machine.
Although many improvements were made, the limits of mechanical type setting had been reached and the Elektron was too little too late for the market that had moved on to photo and computer composition.
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- Date
- 1967
- Length
- 10:28
- Description
Created by Mergenthaler to show off the newest typesetting, film and computer machines to the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
This film was created at a time when all newspapers knew film and computer technology were the future, but they were not yet convinced in which technology to invest. It features the Elektron, tape-perforating keyboard center, Linofilm Quick, and other early-computer machines.
Many newspaper men in suits, thick glasses, and skinny black ties.