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The '''Hoe press''' was a high speed printing press in the late 19th century that made possible large circulation newspapers and magazines at low cost.  It was invented by American Richard Hoe in 1860.  Combined with the Mergenthaler Linotype which enabled very fast setting of type, and the use of wood pulp for newsprint, the result was lost cost printing of hundreds of thousands of sheets a day.  
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The '''Hoe press''' was a high speed printing press in the late 19th century that made possible large circulation newspapers and magazines at low cost.  It was invented by American Richard Hoe in 1860.  Combined with the Mergenthaler Linotype which enabled very fast setting of type, and the use of cheap wood pulp for newsprint, the result was low cost printing of hundreds of thousands of sheets a day.  
    
[[File:Hoe-press-Puck-5-27-80.jpg|thumb|340px|''Puck'' magazine was published on this Hoe press in 1880]]
 
[[File:Hoe-press-Puck-5-27-80.jpg|thumb|340px|''Puck'' magazine was published on this Hoe press in 1880]]
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