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Perfecting press

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004228

A type of printing press capable of printing on both sides of a sheet of paper in a single pass through the machine. This efficiency is achieved by a mechanism that turns the sheet over after the first side is printed, then feeds it through a second set of printing units. Perfecting presses are commonly used for high-volume book and magazine production.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004228
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial supplies, equipment, and components
Synonymsduplex press
See alsoDuplexer
TranslationsGerman: Perfektionsmaschine; Spanish: prensa de perfeccionamiento; French: presse recto verso
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004228",
  "term": "Perfecting press",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A type of printing press capable of printing on both sides of a sheet of paper in a single pass through the machine. This efficiency is achieved by a mechanism that turns the sheet over after the first side is printed, then feeds it through a second set of printing units. Perfecting presses are commonly used for high-volume book and magazine production.",
  "synonyms": [
    "duplex press"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial supplies, equipment, and components",
  "see_also": [
    "duplexer"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Perfektionsmaschine",
    "es": "prensa de perfeccionamiento",
    "fr": "presse recto verso"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/perfecting-press/"
}

Record 4,628 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.