General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING, CARRIAGE MECHANISM, KEY BARS, PARTS; SYNTHETIC KEYS & SWITCHES, PLATEN KNOBS, POWER CORD; RUBBER? PLATEN, FEET/.2 PLASTIC COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

68.0 cm

Width

49.0 cm

Height

28.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

VARITYPER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Hanover

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

MID 1950'S +

Canada

Unknown

Function

DEVICE USED IN PROCESS OF SETTING CHARACTERS IN TYPE; THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO PREPARE COPY FOR OFFSET REPRODUCTION FROM TYPEWRITER.

Technical

VARITYPER WAS CALLED "WORLD'S FIRSTCOLD TYPE COMPOSING MACHINE" WHEN LAUNCHED IN 1930'S. IT OFFERED CHANGEABLE SIZES & STYLES OF FONTS & AUTOMATIC JUSTIFICATION & WAS LESS EXPENSIVE & MORE COMPACT THAN CONVENTIONAL TYPESETTERS. IT WAS COMMERICALLY SUCCESSFUL FROM OUTSET (REF. 1). THIS EXAMPLE IS LATER MODEL OF VARITYPER FROM 1970'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE ON FRONT READING "A/M [logo] Varityper 1010/ LIGHT TOUCH"/ BLACK "VARITYPER" IN 2 PLACES ON SCALE; WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS; GREY INTERIOR LABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING READS "A/M [logo] Varityper Corporation/ A SUBSIDIARY OF ADDRESSOGRAPH-MULTIGRAPH CORPORATION/ HANOVER, N.J. MADE IN U.S.A./ MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PATENTS..." [SEE PATENTS & LIST IN SUPP. INFO.]/.2 BLACK LETTERING READING "A/M [logo] Varityper/ (R)/ COMPOSING MACHINE"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREEN PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED DARK GREEN KEYBOARD; PLATED & METALLIC PARTS; DARK GREEN KEYS, PLATEN KNOBS, SWITCHES; BLACK PLATEN, FEET/.2 GREEN COVER

Decoration

N/A