Illustrated catalogue and price list of John Thomson Press Company's platen presses : for letterpress and color printing, embossing, bookcover stamping and paper-box cutting and scoring (1896)
John Thomson Press Company · New York City : J. Thomson Press Co. · leaf 19
uccessively, upon the same portion of the cylinder. Moreover, the form rollers as well as the distributers are subjected to cross-line, or changer, distribution. It is exceedingly easy on rollers, without the slightest tendency to roughen their surface. No other platen press has this system ; which… … over, this permits of a considerable reduction in the weight of the counter-balance of the carriage, permitting very high speed with assured durability. 13
John Thomson Press Company · Platen presses
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