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

He's going to try to help pay for all this wasteful presswork you're doing.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

They needed good paper and careful presswork, and all over Europe paper and presswork were rapidly deteriorating.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

We know surely that fine type, bad presswork, pale ink on gray paper are all bad for the eyes.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman