presswork

[ pres-wurk ]

/ ˈprɛsˌwɜrk /

the working or management of a printing press.

the work done by it.

Origin of presswork

First recorded in 1765–75; press¹ + work

These, however, were casual activities; presswork took almost all his strength.

Musical Criticisms |Arthur Johnstone
The paper for quarter of a million copies will cost twelve hundred and fifty dollars, the presswork about five hundred dollars.

The Bread Line |Albert Bigelow Paine
Presswork is compounded because it has a special and specific meaning.

Compound Words |Frederick W. Hamilton
Here the four worked from early morning until nearly midnight, cutting out new sets of type and preparing them for the presswork.

Historic Inventions |Rupert S. Holland

The typesetting is all done by hand, and the type distributed immediately upon completion of presswork.

The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 |Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe

presswork

/ (ˈprɛsˌwɜːk) /

the operation of a printing press

the matter printed by a printing press