Meanings
plural copying presses
- historicalA machine for taking an exact copy, by pressure, of a document written in special ink on special paper.
1 more example
The leaf of the copying book is damped, the excess of moisture removed by an absorbent sheet, the document inserted, the book closed, and pressed in the copying press. By this means copies of correspondence are preserved for reference. Copying paper is also made up in rolls for copying machines which carry out the damping and copying automatically.
(Can we date this quote?), Edward A. Dawe, Paper and Its Uses, Chapter 10Synonyms: copy press
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA machine for taking an exact copy, by pressure, of a document written in special ink on special paper.
Translations
Finnish jäljennyspainin, kopiopainin
- jäljennyspaininmachine
- kopiopaininmachine
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copying press. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copying%20press
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