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Definition of Standing press
1. Noun. A large printing press that exerts pressure vertically.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Standing Press
Literary usage of Standing press
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1854)
"... can be used for pressing hooks or paper, which are to be placed between it
and the lower plate, W, of the frame, as in an ordinary standing press. Fig. ..."
2. American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking: Containing a History of by Wesley Washington Pasko (1894)
"The hydrostatic standing-press filled the deficiency, and for seventy years has
been much employed. Paper, however, must be in a standing or hydrostatic ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The standing press.—This must be firmly, as well as conveniently, fixed; it
consists of two upright cheeks, about six feet in height, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The whole of the sheets to compose the volume being found In their proper place
and order, they are taken in »ctions to the standing-press, in which a ..."
5. Boxes for the Protection of Books: Their Design and Constructionby Margaret R.. Brown by Margaret R.. Brown (1998)
"The best method for attaching the various components of a box together is to
press them in a standing press. Strong, steady pressure can be obtained using a ..."
6. The Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise by Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (1890)
"A standing press is used in all good bookbinding shops. ... The books are placed
in the standing press ; the top and bottom boards are very thick, ..."
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