presswork

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There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2020

Andrew Bradford had not been bred to the business of printing, and was very illiterate, and Keimer, though something of a scholar, was a mere compositor, and knew nothing of presswork.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

Even when the printers had learnt how to print two folio pages at the same time the presswork remained very laborious.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

In closing this Foreword, the printer desires to emphasize the fact that the typesetting and presswork of this book are entirely his own work.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

Typography and presswork are of the highest order.

From Wholesale Price List of Newspapers and Periodicals by Agency, D. D. Cottrell's Subscription