Items tagged printing in MV Collections

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  Typesetter - Monotype Double Keyboard, Date Unknown

  Monotype machine used for typesetting. Made by Monotype Corporation Ltd., London, England. The Press was presumably bought new by the VGPO. Operation The letters on the keyboard are a ...

  From: London, United Kingdom Images: 3
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  Telegraph Register - Siemens Bros, Inking, post 1865

  A morse inking register for receiving and recording telegraph signals. In operation, the intermittent current generated by the received signals causes a small rotating wheel to be int ...

  From: London, United Kingdom Images: 1
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  Contact Printer - American Photocopy Equipment Co, Circa 1961

  Photographic contact printer, companion unit for Apeco duplicator, circa 1963. Made by American Photocopy Equipment Co. Takes negatives of up to 250 mm by 420 mm. Timer on side of print ...

  From: Evanston, United States Images: 0
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  Printing Block - Victorian Parliamentry Debates, Session 1958 to 1959

  Printing block probably for front cover of record of Parliamentary Debates, in this particular case, for the 1958 - 159 Session, Volume 256, Pages 1251 - 2404

  From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1
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  Printing Press & Prayer Sheet - Homemade, Mid 20th Century

  Homemade printing press, made of timber, angle iron and hinges. Lever action moves inking roller over type. Reverse of lever action brings paper down on type. Accompanied by prayer s ...

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  Galley Tray - Typesetting, Early 20th Century

  A Galley tray is a flat tray on which the compositor makes up the type into pages. It has sides that are lower than the height of the type and is open at one end.

  From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1
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  Roller Brayer - Printing, Late 19th Century

  Roller for use using a hand press. The roller was used to thin the thick printing ink before it was applied to the type. This was done on the top surface of a stone or on the stone sur ...

  Images: 1
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  Quoin Key - Typesetting, Small, Late 19th Century

  This key is used to lock small quoins into place when setting up type in a forme. Setting type by hand is known as 'composing the type'. The type is taken letter by letter and placed ...

  From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 0
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  Quoin Key - Typesetting, Large, Late 19th Century

  This key is used to lock large quoins into place when setting up type in a forme. Setting type by hand is known as 'composing the type'. The type is taken letter by letter and placed ...

  From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1
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  Setting Stick - Typesetting, Late 19th Century

  This stick is used for setting up lines of type before placing the line into the forme. A compositor selected type from a type case one letter at a time. The letters were placed in a ...

  From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1