hand press

American  

noun

1. a printing press requiring hand operation.

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Etymology

Origin of hand press

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

Despite a few modern advancements, like an electric flour mill and a metal hand press, she still cooks them over a wood fire as she learned to do when she was 8 years old.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2018

Using a hand press, he printed Auden’s first collection of poetry in an edition of just 45 copies, one of modernism’s rarest titles.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2015

Whether printing hobbyists can ante up more than $100,000 for a hand press remains to be seen.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2013

Tribune, which started by publishing the Chicago Tribune on a hand press in 1847, emerged from bankruptcy at the end of 2012.

From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2013

The marked papers were collected and brought to the printer who had a hand press containing an adjustable date apparatus, and racks of slugs before her.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith