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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Example Sentences

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cylinder press

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 Frederick H. Hitchcock

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 Frederick H. Hitchcock

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 Jacob Kainen

Joe bought a rebuilt cylinder press for fifteen hundred dollars and had it installed in the basement.

From The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim

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 Jacob Kainen

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