hand press

a printing press requiring hand operation.

Origin of hand press

First recorded in 1670–80

He likewise uses the hand-press proofs of the picture as a guide in mixing his inks.

The Building of a Book |Various
"Country weeklies and Washington hand-press dailies, of course," says I when we was ready to make contracts.

The Gentle Grafter |O. Henry
We were very vain of that press, which replaced the hand-press hitherto employed in printing the paper.

Years of My Youth |William Dean Howells
A hand-press occupied the centre of the interior, the back of which was partitioned off, and marked 'private.'

The Grandchildren of the Ghetto |Israel Zangwill

He could only set up four pages of type, and only print copies with a hand-press.

Prisoner for Blasphemy |G. W. [George William] Foote