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presswork

[pres-wurk] / ˈprɛsˌwɜrk /
NOUN
printing
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NOUN
printing press
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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

In this way it would be possible to secure classes of from 60 to 100 boys each for such trades as composition and presswork.

From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz

The battered type, wood-pulp paper, and poor presswork, now so commonly used in the cheap editions of books and periodicals, are often injurious to the eyesight.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

Bradford had not been bred to it, and was very illiterate; and Keimer, though something of a scholar, was a mere compositor, knowing nothing of presswork.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Erle Elsworth Clippinger

For merits it can usually offer clear type, black ink, and good presswork.

From The Booklover and His Books by Harry Lyman Koopman


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