The Ziegler Magazine's embossing plant was by far the largest in the world. One estimate indicated that it could turn out in one day as much work as would require 320 men and 140 machines by the methods then used in England. Indeed, if the English method had been used to produce the Ziegler, a single month's edition would have kept two men and one machine busy for two years. The magazine was revolutionary not only in its conception, but also in its manufacturing techniques.

At first, raised-dot reading materials could be embossed on only one side of the page, since there was no way to emboss dots on the second side without crushing the first set of dots. This remained true in the United States until the 1920's. But as early as 1914 the Ziegler plant had constructed ingenious machinery for two-sided (interpoint) printing that halved the bulk of each monthly issue. While the dots produced were not of a high-enough quality to be used for books, they were perfectly suited to something as ephemeral as a magazine.