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Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)
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Ottmar Mergenthaler
German-American inventor (1854–1899)
Ottmar Mergenthaler was a German-American inventor who invented the linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. This machine revolutionized the art of printing.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Linotype machine
Hot metal typesetting machine (1886–1980s)
The Linotype machine is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related companies. It was a hot metal typesetting system that cast lines of metal type for one-time use. Linotype became one of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)