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

Example Sentences

"Straightline newspaper perfecting" press, prints 100,000 eight-page papers per hour—Goss Company, United States.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth

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 Hubert, Philip Gengembre

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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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 Goodwin, Charles Carroll

These improvements were first embodied in a perfecting press made for Hansard, a London printer.

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.