The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-30
ADVANTAGES OF
THE TYPOCRAPH
Labor and Money Saver
As Proved by Actual
Operation Here
VARIOUS REASONS

The publishers who sent their re-
grets that they could not attend the
demonstration of typecasting ma
chinery ct Blackfoot last week will
find valuable facts in the following:
The typograph saves from Ten to
thirty per cent in time on compost
ton and saves nearly all the cost of
distribution.
1t saves all the difficulties Of run
ming cut of type, and hunting sorts.
pulling" letters ETC., and makes
work easy for rush times and special
editions.
It saves all the tedious work OF
justifying type lines in the stick, rs
this is done by simly turning set
screw.
It gives any size Of type and length
of line without change of machine
or magazine. M
1t eliminates type, quads and
spaces and their storage room, dustys
cases and stands and provides new
type all the time.
When a letter or few letters Of
a given kind are srciled by accident
or unduly wrong in job, it does not
cripple a font There are no such
things as fonts in the typograph type
forms. 1t is all in matrice form and
new letters are made in a moment.
Using the typograph eliminates lye
and gasoline for washing the forms
and eliminates all the filth incident
to their use by the black stuff that
runs down between and over type
surfaces. A rag dampened in gaso-
line wipes off the top surface and it
is ready to- be dumped into the melt
ing pot. 1t makes printing clean and
sanitary and enables the compositor
to have clean hands for handling
work which by it's nature must be
a clear product. 1t saves time wash
ing hands, saves soap, towels and
smutty basin and wash bowl.
The use of the typograph makes
the lookup quick and easy A form
goes together with solid metal in
stead of many pieces, and when
locked it lifts Slugs and rules
do not work up" in the form to
perforate the tympan and interrupt
press work.
One typograph will cast lines for
four men working simultaneously.
While one sets his line, another
casts his. While he distributes that
line of matrices and sets the next
line, one or two other lines may be
cast by others.
The four men can be casting lines
of different lengths, different type
faces and different sizes of type, and
not seconds time is lost by any
change of the machine, it's mats or
liners. These changes are governed
by sweep of the hand in forming
the line of mats. M. 81
In setting type, the compositor
picks up a letter at a time. In as
sembling mats for the typograph,
he picks up word at time. For
example, in setting the word Idaho |
in type, he makes five full sweeps of |
the forearm. Setting the same word |
for the typograph is done by one
sweep Of the arm slowly across the |
case and it returns with the COM
pleted word.
The printer who is thinking of en-
larging his composing room can do
it by throwing out the type cases and |
installing typograph. He can do T
more work in less space. If the type
is old and worn, he should junk the
type and apply the money. on the
cost of the machine If the type is
good some printer will want it till
he can arrange to get machine.
Typographs cannot be made fast
enough just now to supply the de-
mands, and orders must be filed
three months in advance of delivery,