flat-bed press
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The little engine rested briefly while a workman slipped the power take-off belt from the generator to an ancient flat-bed press.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the plate glass they glimpsed a large, cluttered room where desks, bins of type, table forms and a massive flat-bed press all seemed jammed together.
From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
At present the cumbrous stone and the slow-moving flat-bed press are being supplanted by the light and pliable aluminum plates and the fast-moving rotary 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.
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