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
In its paper, composition, presswork, illustrations, and binding—it is the perfection of beauty.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd
Andrew Bradford had not been bred to the business of printing, and was very illiterate, and Keimer, though something of a scholar, was a mere compositor, and knew nothing of presswork.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
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
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