This image shows the evolution of the printing machine during the 19th century. First is the iron Albion hand press(1) producing individual prints, th


This image shows the evolution of the printing machine during the 19th century. First is the iron Albion hand press(1) producing individual prints, then the Liberty platen jobbing-press(2), the single-cylinder jobbing machine (3), the single cylinder jobbing and book machine(4), the Kirkalday double cylinder or perfecting book machine (5) printing both sides of a sheet before it leaves the machine, the French double cylinder book machine with 'set-offins sheet apparatus(6), and finally, the Victory web newspaper machine with folding apparatus(7), a rotary press using a continuous role of paper which could produce about 10, 000 copies per hour using a continuous roll of paper.


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