cylinder press

noun

1. a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.

cylinder press

noun

1. See flat-bed press
   printing another name for flat-bed press

Word History and Origins

Origin of cylinder press¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

The Treadwell was not a cylinder press, but its invention would have been of no consequence without the composition roller.

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Was it other than the modern newspaper thrown off by the pulsing of the great cylinder press?

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A double cylinder press will give from 4000 to 6000 impressions an hour.

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Figure 1, plate I, is the picture of such a cylinder press, made for stone-printing.

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The power of a lever press is insufficient for larger stones, and a cylinder press is required.

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