perfecting press

American  

noun

Printing.

1. a rotary press for printing both sides of a sheet or web in one operation.

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Etymology

Origin of perfecting press

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

There is something like a sob to the perfecting press, as though saddened by the very thought of the abuses it must reform.

From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll

These improvements were first embodied in a perfecting press made for Hansard, a London printer.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.

In the annals of hero-worship the inventor of the perfecting press ought to stand before the great general, and Elias Howe should rank before Napoleon.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

David resumed his place in the office, and when we put in the perfecting press he added another string to his bow.

From In Our Town by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

The sum of all improvements in this department of mechanical invention is seen in the great cylinder-presses now in general use, especially the one known as the web perfecting press.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)