flat-bed press
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noun
a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinderAlso called: cylinder press
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How to use flat-bed press in a sentence
On the ground floor in front was the business office, and in the rear the one large flat bed press and the job presses.
The "Genius"|Theodore DreiserShe ran into the Herald office and on into the composing room where Tom was locking the last page on the old flat-bed press.
Helen in the Editor's Chair|Ruthe S. WheelerIt was a flat bed press and was long used in Washington in printing for the government.
Inventions in the Century|William Henry DoolittleLithographic prints from stones prepared in this way are made on a flat-bed press.