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Edinburgh at Work Baker & Clairmount Linotype hot metal printers 1992 |
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken September 7, 1992
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Baker & Claremont |
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Only Two Hot Metal Printers Left In the early 1990, there were only two hot metal printers left in Edinburgh: - Speedspools (who used monotype equipment) - Baker & Claremont (who used linotype equipment). Both have since closed. |
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Monotype and Linotype Both monotype and linotype are hot-metal printing methods. Monotype casts one letter at a time, linotype casts one row of letters at a time. When I visited Baker & Claremont in 1992, one of their two linotype machines was in use. They had just completed a job printing raffle tickets, using one of the features of the machine to ensure that the number changed for each ticket was printed. |