flat-bed press

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flat-bed press

n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder. Also called: cylinder press
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cyl′inder press`


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