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This Page is for Downloadable Documents that I have acquired! Hope you enjoy!
  • Linotype Maintenance Sheets - PDF
  • Ludlow Check List - PDF
  • Ludlow Periodic Maintenance - EXCEL
  • The Intertype Ready Reckoner - PDF
  • Intertype Hand Book - Intertype Corporation
  • Ludlow Maintenance Sheet - PDF
  • Leonard Spencer's - Linotype Adjustments - PDF
  • Ludlow Model "N" Brochure - PDF
  • Ludlow Model "S" Brochure - PDF
  • Intertype Matrix Identification Booklet - Microsoft Word Document - 14 mb
  • Monotype Comp Caster Efficiency Guide - PDF
  • Leonard Spencer's - How Linotype's and Intertype's Differ - PDF
  • Matrix Contrasting Instruction's from a MAGIC BLACK Brochure - PDF
  • Leonard Spencer's - Linotype Models - PDF
  • STAR PARTS Quadder Maintenance Manual - PDF 12+ mb - Compliments of Bill Spurling
  • The Hand that keeps The World Informed - Picture
  • DON BLACK'S List of Things that are BETTER about the intertype - Microsoft Word Document 25kb
  • Ludlow Self Centering Stick Breakdown with List of Parts - PDF
  • Ludlow Model "M" Replacement Water Pump for Chiller - PDF
  • List of Things to do for a Poor Face and Hollow Slug on a Ludlow Machine - by EPF
  • Tap and Drill Reference Table - Excel File
  • Ludlow Burnishing Board Information - PDF
  • Natural and Propane Gas Orifice Chart - EXCEL FILE
  • Recommended Gas Orifices for Ludlows - EXCEL FILE
  • The AP Style Book for Teletypesetter Circuits - PDF 3.85 mb
  • The Evolution of the Matrix Bridge - PDF
  • How to Repair Damaged Ludlow Matrices - PDF
  • A Ludlow SAFETY Poster you can Print - Word Document - PLEASE READ and UNDERSTAND this it is VERY IMPORTANT!
  • I've Learned side 1 - Things That I've Learned - Front Side - Author Unknown - Received from James Parrish
  • I've Learned side 2 - Things That I've Learned - Back Side - Author Unknown - Received from James Parrish
  • Model "K" Elrod Thermostat Calibrations - LUDLOW CORPORATION - Word Document
  • Elrod Diffusion Tube Repacking Instructions Sheet 1 - Sheet 1 of 5 Retyped from delapidated FI-59 Instruction Sheets
  • Elrod Diffusion Tube Repacking Instructions Sheet 2 - Sheet 2 of 5
  • Elrod Diffusion Tube Repacking Instructions Sheet 3 - Sheet 3 of 5
  • Elrod Diffusion Tube Repacking Instructions Sheet 4 - Sheet 4 of 5
  • Elrod Diffusion Tube Repacking Instructions Sheet 5 - Sheet 5 of 5
  • C&P Pilot Manual - Chandler and Price
  • Printing - Technical and Trade Terms - Wellington, New Zealand - 1955
  • Heidelberg 10X15 Manual - Heidelberg
  • Heidelberg 10X15 Parts - Heidelberg
  • Heidelberg 13X18 Parts - Heidelberg
  • Heidelberg Hints from Pressman to Pressman - A.G. Heidelberg
  • Kwik-Print Manual and Parts - KwikPrint
  • Linotype Decorative Material - Linotype - Reprint April 1929
  • Linotype Useful Matrix Information - Linotype - October 1937
  • American Linotype Matrix Identification Marks - Linotype - 1914 - 1957
  • American Linotype Matrix Identification Marks - Linotype - 1947 - 1970
  • The Last Printed NA Graphics Catalog - NA Graphics 2004 - Beautiful pictures and of course prices have changed
  • Ebonite Blackface Process Brochure - Ebonite Chemical Company, Inc.
  • Mouthpieces that Linotype Made for all of their Machines - Mergenthaler Linotype Company
  • Matrix Repair Tool - Star Parts
  • Instructions for Operating Bostitch Number 7 Stitcher - Boston Wire Stitcher Company
  • Weights of Ludlow Various Equipment - Ludlow Salesman's Handbook - 1962 - This was before the Model M so it is not Listed!
  • Ludlow Machine Wattage and Power Requirements - Ludlow Corporation
  • Linotype HARD METAL Machines - Linotype Company
  • Hints for Removing a Hard to Remove Ludlow Mouthpiece - Dave Seat
  • Linotype Construction Brochure - BiblioFlip
  • Instructions for Cleaning the Elrod Plunger Well - Ludlow Typograph
  • The Ludlow Mold Cooling System - Written by Dave Seat 10-04-2021
  • Visit to Ackley October 2021 Page 1 - ACKLEY WORLD JOURNAL - Editor Becky Schipper - Real Printers beware of the typos!
  • Visit to Ackley October 2021 Page 2 - ACKLEY WORLD JOURNAL - Editor Becky Schipper - Real Printers beware of the typos!
  • The First Vandercook - Reprint by Hillside Press, San Francisco, CA - from The Inland Printer March 1909 - Volume 42 - Number 6
  • Leveling the Platen Press - Fred Williams
  • FOR DO-IT YOURSELFER'S - Solid State Controller Parts List - Compiled and used by Dave Seat - 04-22-2022
  • Typemetal for the Linotype - Linotype Sales Manual - CONFIDENTIAL
  • Intertype Mold System - Intertype Corporation 1940
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