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

In 1862 Mr. Walter began in The Times office, with tools and machinery of his own, experiments for constructing a perfecting press which should print the paper from rolls of paper instead of from sheets.

From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel

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.

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 Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

Otherwise, a perfecting press is very much like two cylinder presses joined together.

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.

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