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

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cylinder press

The cylinder press has proclaimed universal education, and the dynamo crowned the brow of humanity with a coronet of light.

From The One Woman by Dixon, Thomas

In Paris Jackson had suggested using a cylinder press for printing wood blocks.

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

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

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.