noun
Linotype
A trademarked brand of hot-metal typesetting machine used in printing. The term is used as a common noun in Japanese to refer to this specific machine.
新聞社ではかつてライノタイプが活字を鋳造していた。
At newspaper companies, Linotype machines once cast type.
From the English trademark 'Linotype', a line-casting typesetting machine.