web-fed

American  

[web-fed] / ˈwɛbˌfɛd /

adjective

1. (of a printing press) fed by and designed to print a continuous roll of paper.

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Etymology

Origin of web-fed

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Certainly there are parallels to explore between the Web-fed fantasies of today's post-Obama alt-right and the drug-addled paranoia of the late 1960s, when the high hopes and good vibes of the Summer of Love collapsed into leftist millennial militancy.

From Los Angeles Times

Such markets have helped the Wuerzburg-based company to remain profitable even as demand for sheet-fed and web-fed presses plummeted.

From BusinessWeek

The first commercial web-fed presses, used to print newspapers, were produced in Germany in 1879 and 80 years later three-quarters of all editions of German daily papers were printed on machines made in Augsburg at Manroland.

From BusinessWeek