NIGP 70045: Linotype and Intertype Supplies

NIGP 70045 Linotype and Intertype Supplies, an Item code, addresses a legacy printing technology with minimal current state and local procurement activity. State and local governments buying under this code acquire consumable supplies and replacement parts for linotype and intertype mechanical typesetting equipment—machines that cast metal type for letterpress printing. The scope includes type metal, matrices, slugs, spacing material, and maintenance components for these machines. Issuing bodies are rare; when activity does occur, it typically involves municipal print shops, county records departments, or historical preservation agencies maintaining heritage printing operations or archival facilities.

The source contains no recent state and local contract opportunities under this code. The absence of posted solicitations reflects the obsolescence of linotype and intertype technology in modern printing workflows; few jurisdictions operate or maintain these machines for production use. Procurement under this code remains sporadic and geographically dispersed among agencies with specialized heritage-printing or archival missions, rather than concentrated in any particular state or region.