Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-05-03
The TYPOS SUCCESSOR.

a Novel Machine that svi1l REVOLUTIONS
i've Type Setting.
st Psni Pieneer Press, April 80: A
company has recently been organized in
Minneapolis to manufacture machine
which promises to create revolution in
type setting or composition in printing
offices, The invention is known as the
electro. matrix machine, and ia intended
to bring about GID immense reduction OF
expenses In printing establishments, /,
especially in daily newspaper offices,
Those interested in the matrix expect to
realize fortunes from its manufacture.
on the ground that it will become O me-
oessity in all extensive offices as soon as
Its remarkable performance ia demon.
strsted. In other words, the occupation
OF the compositor will be mainly con-
fined to job printing houses. The electro
metrix machine, which Is expected to
accomplish 30 much, is q simple, compact
but exceedingly ingenious piece of
mechanism mounted on table about
two by three fest In area and run en-
tirely by electricity supplied from a
dynamo or small battery, where power
can be obtained-the amount required
being no greater than for an ordinary
sewing maohine--snd it is as easy
to manipulate as q common
type writer. the machine proper
is six inches wide and two
feet long, composed of suitable metal to
ALLOW all of the parts to be Llaced there.
in. A dial plate is placed at the end OF
the machine where the operator sits.
This dial plate contains ninety-two
upper and lower csse letters or charac-
ters; in the rear OF the plate is the Slid
lever. une end of which contains the
type and the other gutta-percha button
TOR the operator to grasp between the
thumb and torefinger while operating
the machine. The feeding device or
card carriage is directly underneath che
type lever. Still farther beck OF tho
type carriage ore placed six ordinary
horseshoe magnets. SO arranged as to
give the desired amount OF space re-
quired for each letter.
In operating the machine 1t Is first
supplied with the ca7d board and the
copy brought before the operator TO be
reproduced SO that il may be thorouehly
understood by him. The copy has the
number OF units exactly marked proceed.
ing each line 80 that il he has seyeo
units to spare in each line the copy in
dicates to him before he commenoes 60
set the line that he has seven units to
distribute somewhere between the dit.
ferent words in order to attain absolute
justification. This being done the Oh.
orator takes the type lever button pre-
yiously mentioned, and places 10 down
upon the dial plate, which gives ths
different letters or characters to bt
used, and the machine automatically
responds to each touch, giving perfect
impression OF the letter or word desired
to be made in the natrix board below
the lever, The construction of tn,
machine is 80 perfect ia its details tha
no mistake can be made in reference
to the amount of space REQUIRED TO
each letter or word. In other words, tn
matrix board Is thrown forward by th
electric current for each deEired Iette
before the impression is made by .h
steel type. These types are made o
hardened steel, and when once placed j,
position will make thousands OF i'm
pressions on the soft cardboard withou
showing any perceptible wear. Proof
reading and correction are accomplishe,
before the matter comes to the machip
TO be set, and one operator can do th
work OF i've OF six competitors. It
impossible to select one letter for an
, other. Ell errors in manipulation ar
corrected by very simple method, an,
an operator finds little to learn an
nothing to get ous OF order. II b
, operates slowly, no harm is done;
, rapidly, the electric cnrrens ia sti
ahead and waiting. The work is don
rapidly and accurately, and il th
, same smount OF labor had been ne,
| formed by mechanical parts as Is accom-
, Iplished by the electric currenS mi
, chine as large ss JackaYd loom wout
be required, instead of the small. cor
pact machine above described.