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
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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
Yet newspapers have improved in presswork, and the typesetting machines have removed the evil of worn type.
From The Booklover and His Books by Harry Lyman Koopman
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
The presswork and ink are always proportionately better in these copies, and the price of them is enhanced according to their beauty and rarity.
From Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs by Henry H. Harper
Some of the founts, especially the larger Roman, are very unevenly and badly cast, but on the whole the presswork was carefully done.
From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
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