Flatbed press

flat-bed press

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cylinder press

noun
a printing press in which a flat bed holding the printing form moves against a rotating cylinder that carries the paper.
Also called flat-bed press.
Compare rotary press.


Origin:
1850–55, Americanism

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cylinder press
 
n
printing another name for flat-bed press

flat-bed press
 
n
Also called: cylinder press a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder

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