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

A part of Clarkson's "Life of William Penn" was printed on this press, and was the first book ever printed on a 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.

"Well, you'll need a good cylinder press for a starter."

From The Nine-Tenths by Oppenheim, James

The temptation is strong to apply Hansard's prediction to the flat-bed cylinder press of the present day, but with the many surprises that meet us in other fields this would border on temerity.

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.

One of the blocks split in printing and Jackson stated that thereafter he used the cylinder press exclusively.

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

Shortly afterward a single-cylinder press was constructed upon the same principle, the forerunner of what is now known as the single large or drum 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.