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rotary press
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rotary press
n.
A printing press consisting of curved plates attached to a revolving cylinder that prints onto a continuous roll of paper.

rotary press
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a machine for printing from a revolving cylinder, or a plate attached to one, usually onto a continuous strip of paper
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Noun1.rotary press - a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinderrotary press - a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder
printing press, press - a machine used for printing


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They turned their attention to the Shields Gazette which became a major moneyspinner thanks to it becoming a daily and the introduction of the rotary printing press which printed both sides of a page in a single operation.
Robert Hoe developed the first rotary printing press around 1840 in New York.
It wasn't the personal computer that created the Information Age--it was the steam-driven rotary printing press, an invention from the days of Napoleon that brought not just to the West but to the world mass-circulation newspapers, magazines, and books.
 
 
 
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