Linograph1 Printing.
(ˈlaɪnəgrɑːf, -æ-)
[= line o' + -graph, after Linotype.]
The proprietary name of an American composing machine which casts type a line at a time.
| 1913 Inland Printer May 240 (Advt.), The Linograph is now ready. 1931 Brit. Printer XLIII. 229/1 The author passes in review all the different types such as the Linotype, the Typograph, the Monotype,..the American Linograph [etc.]. 1965 J. Moran Composition of Reading Matter vi. 59 The Linograph closely resembled the Linotype, but differed in the arrangement of the magazine, which was vertical... The Linograph works were bought by Intertype in 1940. |