See the Bibliography for references to other material, especially that reproduced by:
It is also worth checking Google Books and The Internet Archive.
Note that the reproductions here are incomplete because I'm scanning this material as I have need for it in the restoration of my own machines.
Linotype Parts and Supplies (1905)
[NOT YET ONLINE (and only partially done)] As of this parts book, Linotype was still listing and illustrating the major structural components of the machines. By the 1923 Catalog No. 22 (the next reference I have access to), they had silently discontinued this practice. This otherwise un-numbered 1905 parts catalog covers Linotype Models 1, 2, and 3 (there is a reference to the Model 4, but this may be a typographical error), as well as the Linotype brand Saw and Trimmer No. 1 ("Slug Saw"), Ingot Casting Machine, and Slug Casting Machine. It also covered, in supplements paginated integrally with it, the Tabular Attachment and the Quadding Attachment.
Erection Procedure for the Model 31
[NOT YET ONLINE here, but a copy is at the MetalType Library (UK).] How to assemble a Model 31 from the base up, given the parts and assemblies as shipped in multiple boxes from the factory (that is, from the "stripped to base" state).
The Linotype Line
[NOT YET ONLINE] Circa 1960. The Comet, the Model 5 Meteor, the regular-width magazine Models 31, 32, 29, 30, and the wide-magazine "Rangemaster" Models 33, 34, 35, and 36. Also the Linofilm "cold-type" phototypesetting system.
The Intertype (1943)
[NOT YET ONLINE (and only partially done)] This is the basic technical study of the mechanisms of Intertype linecasters; this is the 1943 version.
[NOTE: These four Ludlow publications aren't yet online here, pending the acquisition of more space. However, copies are online at the MetalType Library (UK).]
Instructions for using Ludlow Self-Centering Stick
Don't get your hopes up. This is a very brief instruction card, probably originally packaged with a self-centering stick. Part of it may be missing.
Ruleform Composition the Economical Ludlow Way
This is a marketing brochure (not a technical instruction manual) on using Ludlow Slug-Aligning Matrices to set ruled work such as forms.
the STAR Matrix Repair Tool...
The Linotype Parts Company leaflet "Machinist Helper No. 68." Also the relevant page from the 1956 Star Parts catalog.
A 2008 search of the USPTO records indicated that while "LINOTYPE" remains a trademark in category 9 for software and typefaces, the original trademark in category 7 for a "machine for producing type bars" / "typesetting machine" (registered 1909-06-29) had expired in both its original and later registrations
A 2008 search of the USPTO records indicated that the trademark "INTERTYPE", originally registered 1913-06-03, was expired.
A 2008 search of the USPTO records indicated that the trademark "LUDLOW" in category 7 for printing machinery, registered 1949-11-01, was expired. A search for "ELROD" discovered no trademark registration at all.
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