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

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

To-day a perfecting press, with the aid of four men, does four times as much work.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

We are proud of the machinery in our office—the two linotypes, the big perfecting press and the little jobbers.

From In Our Town by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

Then came the perfecting press, a far smaller machine, but capable of five times as much work, thanks to the substitution of rolls of paper for separate sheets fed in one by one.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

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