cylinder press

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noun
  1. a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.

Origin of cylinder press

1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
  • Also called flat-bed press.

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How to use cylinder press in a sentence

  • The Treadwell was not a cylinder press, but its invention would have been of no consequence without the composition roller.

  • Was it other than the modern newspaper thrown off by the pulsing of the great cylinder press?

    A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. | William Chauncey Bartlett
  • A double cylinder press will give from 4000 to 6000 impressions an hour.

  • Figure 1, plate I, is the picture of such a cylinder press, made for stone-printing.

    The Invention of Lithography | Alois Senefelder
  • The power of a lever press is insufficient for larger stones, and a cylinder press is required.

    The Invention of Lithography | Alois Senefelder

British Dictionary definitions for cylinder press

cylinder press

noun
  1. printing another name for flat-bed press

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