Ottmar Mergenthaler

Standard Name: Mergenthaler, Ottmar

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1885-1886
Ottmar Mergenthaler patented and marketed Linotype™, the first successful mechanical typesetting system.
1886
The New York Tribune began using Ottmar Mergenthaler 's linotype setting machine; other newspapers soon followed.