{"id":7989,"date":"2021-12-14T13:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T02:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/?page_id=7989"},"modified":"2022-03-04T08:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T21:17:17","slug":"linotype","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/lost-jobs\/in-print\/linotype\/","title":{"rendered":"In Print: The Linotype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By the 1890s Linotype machines, like giant typewriters, appeared in major newspaper offices. The Linotype could literally set a &#8216;line o&#8217; type&#8217;, a significant improvement over manual typesetting. The Linotype was a godsend to Australian newspaper proprietors, allowing them to cut costs in the 1890s depression. One Linotype replaced five or six hand-compositors. Employment at<em> The<\/em> <em>Age <\/em>was cut immediately from 120 to 44. At the <em>Argus<\/em>, staff was reduced to 20.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NP1329609.jpg\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NP1329609.jpg\" alt=\"NP1329609\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"959\" width=\"1200\" title=\"NP1329609\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<strong>Linotype operators at <em>The Herald and Weekly Times<\/em>, Melbourne, <\/strong><strong>by unknown photographer, <\/strong><strong>1964<br>\n<\/strong><strong><em>Reproduced courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/news\/photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Herald Sun<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n\t<p>In 1895 Linotype machines were installed at the&nbsp;<em>Herald<\/em>&nbsp;newspaper, rapidly followed by the other Melbourne daily papers. Linotype operators could assemble 16,000 letters per hour: as a result, both <em>The Age<\/em> and <em>The Argus<\/em> discharged over two-thirds of their composing staff.<\/p>\n<p>Linotype operators were the &#8216;princes and potentates of the printing world&#8217;, earning excellent money.&nbsp; In 1926, linotype operators on the Melbourne <em>Herald <\/em>averaged \u00a312 to \u00a314 per week. The male basic wage was \u00a34 4s.<\/p>\n<p>The profession remained closed to women. According to historian, Raelene Frances, compositors&#8217; unions retained tight control over the new technology, demanding that Linotype machinery be available only to (male) printers, already indentured as compositors in printing craft unions. Women were, in fact, excluded from much of the print industry, bolstered by claims that the work was too heavy, dirty, dangerous, complex and &#8216;skilled&#8217; for women. For some time women were also prohibited from working night shifts. 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