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

At my first admission into this printing-house I took to working at press, imagining I felt a want of the bodily exercise I had been used to in America, where presswork is mixed with composing.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

The typesetting is all done by hand, and the type distributed immediately upon completion of presswork.

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

A few scattered references may be found in dictionaries and manuals having to do with bookbinding and presswork.

From Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) by Grayson, David

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)