Posts tagged with ‘Ottmar Mergenthaler’

  • This Day in History July 3, 1886

    By Ruth on July 3, 2013
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    I found today’s story quite intriguing since I had never heard of this inventor nor his machine.  On this date in 1886, the New York Tribune first used Ottmar Mergenthaler’s linotype machine.  Although Guttenberg’s machine was absolutely essential to the publishing world, but due to the slowness of the machine, no more than eight pages could be included in an […]