hand press

a printing press requiring hand operation.

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First recorded in 1670–80

He likewise uses the hand-press proofs of the picture as a guide in mixing his inks.
The Building of a Book|Various
"Country weeklies and Washington hand-press dailies, of course," says I when we was ready to make contracts.
The Gentle Grafter|O. Henry
We were very vain of that press, which replaced the hand-press hitherto employed in printing the paper.
Years of My Youth|William Dean Howells
A hand-press occupied the centre of the interior, the back of which was partitioned off, and marked 'private.'
The Grandchildren of the Ghetto|Israel Zangwill

He could only set up four pages of type, and only print copies with a hand-press.
Prisoner for Blasphemy|G. W. [George William] Foote