perfecting press

American  

noun

Printing.

1. a rotary press for printing both sides of a sheet or web in one operation.

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Etymology

Origin of perfecting press

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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perfecting press

In the annals of hero-worship the inventor of the perfecting press ought to stand before the great general, and Elias Howe should rank before Napoleon.

From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert

To-day a perfecting press, with the aid of four men, does four times as much work.

From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert

The multicolor web perfecting press prints four or more colors at one revolution of the impression cylinder.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

David resumed his place in the office, and when we put in the perfecting press he added another string to his bow.

From In Our Town by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger

There is something like a sob to the perfecting press, as though saddened by the very thought of the abuses it must reform.

From The Comstock Club by Charles Carroll Goodwin

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