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| cylinder |
in some printing presses, a cylinder-shaped rotating surface bearing the impression to be printed or the paper to be printed on. [1/5 definitions] |
| platen |
in a printing press, the flat plate or rotating cylinder that presses the paper against the inked surface. [1/2 definitions] |
| pressman |
a man who operates a printing press. |
| pressroom |
the room in a printing or publishing business where the printing presses are. [1/2 definitions] |
| presswork |
the operation or overseeing of a printing press. [2 definitions] |
| rotary press |
a printing press with the type mounted on plates on a rotating cylinder, fed by a continuous roll of paper. |
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