perfecting press
nounPrinting.
a rotary press for printing both sides of a sheet or web in one operation.
Origin of perfecting press
1An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Words Nearby perfecting press
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How to use perfecting press in a sentence
Otherwise, a perfecting press is very much like two cylinder presses joined together.
The Building of a Book | VariousThese improvements were first embodied in a perfecting press made for Hansard, a London printer.
The Building of a Book | VariousAnother press, which is still employed to a small extent for book-work, is the flat-bed perfecting press.
The Building of a Book | VariousBefore them stood a double Hoe perfecting press, printing the Philadelphia Times, turning off thirty thousand copies per hour.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryAlauzet & Co. have also a web perfecting press, à double touche, for illustrated papers and book-printing.
Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 | Various
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