presswork
Americannoun
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the operation of a printing press
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the matter printed by a printing press
Etymology
Origin of presswork
Example Sentences
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There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2020
In closing this Foreword, the printer desires to emphasize the fact that the typesetting and presswork of this book are entirely his own work.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
This innovation, designed to imitate the rubricated initials of the manuscripts, involved great technical difficulties in the presswork, and was not generally adopted.
From Printing and the Renaissance A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York by John Rothwell Slater
Nor do these books bear out the Bishop of London's statement as to Thomas being ignorant of printing; on the contrary, the presswork was such as could only have been done by a skilled workman.
From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
It is fitting, then, that the same publishers should issue the book now under our hand, a fine specimen of the printer's art in paper, presswork, binding, and illustrations.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various
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