printing press

a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.

Origin of printing press

First recorded in 1580–90

They had no education, for the only schools were a few Jesuit seminaries, and no printing-press existed.

The South American Republics Part I of II |Thomas C. Dawson
He might put up a shed in the back yard, and get a printing-press.

The History of David Grieve |Mrs. Humphry Ward
In 1466 the first Portuguese printing-press was established here; in 1545 the city was made an episcopal see.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 |Various
Then every man who owned a printing-press wanted to try his hand at it.

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z |Various

In the new West it usually is, first the printing-press, then the town.

The Mystic Mid-Region |Arthur J. Burdick

printing press

any of various machines used for printing