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

Nor do these books bear out the Bishop of London's statement as to Thomas being ignorant of printing; on the contrary, the presswork was such as could only have been done by a skilled workman.

From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

Good or bad presswork is a good or bad result of work done on a press.

From Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36 by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Stansby's presswork was uniformly good, and in this respect alone he may be ranked among the best printers of his time.

From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

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 Clippinger, Erle Elsworth