Linotype Machines in the news! Found today within an article published by Cosmos Magazine. Contained within is a very brief overview of over 400 years of print technology. Notable in the brief article is this bit which offers an important caveat to Gutenberg's contribution to commercial printing:

“Key innovations in what would become revolutionary printing technology began in east Asia, with work done by Chinese nobles, Korean Buddhists, and the descendants of Genghis Khan,” says M Sophia Newman, in a Literary Hub article, “So, Gutenberg didn’t actually invent the printing press”.

Otherwise worth the click to read the brief bio on our man Ottmar Mergenthaler, and to see the modern pic of a well used yet well cared for Linotype Machine.