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A short history of the printing press and of the improvements in printing machinery from the time of Gutenberg up to the present day (1902)

Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909 · New York : R. Hoe · leaf 86

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sixpairs of cylinders, arranged, with their axles parallel, in three tiersof two pairs each and printing on both sides (or perfecting) threewebs of paper from separate rolls, each four pages wide. One of thesections is also arranged so that all six sets of cylinders will printupon a single web in… … < oiDO NdBdO X piO H^ OhU 0- DH w o Q DOUBLE SEXTUPLE PRESS three at each end—and the two folders for each portion are placedback to back, midway in the length of the machine. The runs ofall the webs are therefore approximately the same and as short as itis possible to have them—a matter of much…

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