rotary press

American  

noun

Printing.

1. a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper.

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rotary press British  

noun

1. a machine for printing from a revolving cylinder, or a plate attached to one, usually onto a continuous strip of paper

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Etymology

Origin of rotary press

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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rotary press

One of them invented the rotary press, which made the early editions of this newspaper possible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The rotary press accelerated book publishing, and with inexpensive wood pulp paper, ultimately lowered the price of a hardcover volume.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022

In 1844, American inventor Richard March Hoe first deployed his rotary press, which could print 8,000 pages in a single hour.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2017

The giant rotary press was quite capable of churning out masses of printed material.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 21, 2013

In 1877 an illustrated penny paper, an outgrowth of his great journal, was printed upon a rotary press which was, according to his statement, constructed by a machinist named Middleton.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various