cylinder press

American  

noun

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

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cylinder press British  

noun

1. printing another name for flat-bed press

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Etymology

Origin of cylinder press

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

He was, in truth, right so far as the main principles of the flat-bed cylinder press are concerned, but there have been immense improvements in many of the details.

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.

Although as early as 1811 Koenig had made a cylinder press which had proved fairly successful, the better grades of printing could be obtained only by the flat pressure of the hand-presses.

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.

The mechanical principles were the same as in the first cylinder press.

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.

The cylinder press of Jackson’s design was finished in 1735 and paid for by the income from prolonged sieges of work for printing offices.

From John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Kainen, Jacob

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

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey