The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-25
GREAT MODERN PRESSES.
DBVEIOpMEAT OF MlGU-SPEEl
YnGxTIxG MACH1SERY.

Conplexafy, Delieaev $50 WsFaE -
ahe highest YesD - the Printing
Ysess-Nsshaaes WIah Tsoa lsy-
go @ 10000 Separate pieess.
"a acre IL not for the high speed
IA peffeciing gross neNspapers
W. could no. be printed and paaeed
wv before their readers In their
y present form: certainly not -
their present cost The mod
eru newspaper W1ch In wonderful
service Ia spreading Information ana mold
Ing opinion, Is perhaps the greatest evil
ixng and controlling force OF the time.
~ rapid printing press by making the
nnWvpnpsr possible, deserves 10 rank as one
@ the great achievements In an age OF
0ocnanical invention. Certainly there 10
- other machine Of such power and com
uaextfy tina possesses At the same time
ouch accuracy and desicacy, handing.
prsne1ne ana folding sheets OF paper that
can BE- torn between the fingers without N
e6ort.
Consider for moment the work done BY
ona az tho great presses known 90 printers
compoyed of shout 1900 separate pieces.
and requires eighteen months for tts con-
struction In the largest mandatory In the
couufry. II II more complicated than 10
cufuO4ivo or = watch or any OF the icrans
Of mechanism 90 which we ordinarily refer
q remarkable for their intricacy or nicely.
TIKI press n fed from three continuous
rolls Of paper, each more than nve ieet
wide, and all Keeling OF the paper - fast
al taA fn0
ct speed the press viii use up over Two
uljss OF paper Of tho width in IN hour. or
ffty uijee of paper Of the width Of an
ordinary newspaper page. In terms more
readily Rrnoped this indicates capacity
Of as,0QO four, Ok or eight page papers An
hour. Not only are these papers printed
Ct this astounding rate. but they are a.so
cut, folded and counted. In other ~ofds'
TIE rress performs every operation connect
"a With the paper from the time the rolls
ers nut into position until tho finishei
product ennerges ready TO be put on sale
Ninety thousand papers IN hour means l,SW
: ulnssta, or twenty -fsve copies Tor every
second licked an on your watch. Most or
che Iarrer Newspapers have In their ordi-
nary insueu tan or twelve pages OF these
the press VIII turn out 1900 In an hour.
l.1DD to the minute, or twenty every Sec
Ond.
Tue machine weighs over sixty tons ana
N massive In It's proportions. Yet It's
touch r. A. doft ~ that Of human fingers.
IL handles tho papers accurately. cuts
fhdxh precisely and folds them up evenly.
All With speed that II well-nigh inered-
lbiA
Yts opsSation II easy and reslstless. A
man throws back lever: the many shaus
and cylinders begin to revoive. going fas-
ter ana faster untn tho streams OF wnise
1vtN t&NA
eaptdiy for the eye to measure On the
other side the printed sheets rain out so
EAST that ono sees only the continual nash
OF s1ao steel fingers that seize and pass for
ward every sheet. The operation OF the
press q Ito highest rate Of speed means
chat each paper receives its impression In
aeoo than one NTH Of . second. How per-
nnanent imprint can be made in that space
81 time IL q marvel difficult TO compre-
hend. Yet II n done The Ink does not
emut nor rub or and even the most deli
cate hines Of an illustration are accurately
repF0duced.
II In eaay 70 understand that such
machine N this. performing 30 many ar
fercnt operations, represents series OF
achievements rather than single one II
10 . gradual and natural development
from tho wooden screw presr used by
Outenberg hack In the middle Of the fif-
tNeuth century. Hut while there II no
hard and fast line separating the new
From the old or the perfect from the prirn-
itivs in the history OF printing. there are
certain dates that are marked by notable
advances and improvements In the art
Ons important change took place In 1905.
when . Saxon named Frederick koeniE
devised form Of press In which the paper
was carried on a cylinder and received It's
emureesion from form OF type carried
backward and forward on a nat bed. The
first Of these cylinder presses was little
more rap1d than the earlier hand and lever
fcems because the cylinder had 60 stop
three timea--that Is had three separate
motions--tc each impression. But I'm iSi<
Koenw Improved on this by q continuous
~ revolving cylinder press. which attained
the rate az so sheets an hour The adj
vance from 80 sheets an hour the record
OF tho old hand presses. to so sheets was
Q decided step. Moreover. IL introduced
new principle which has been OF the first
Importance IN developing the high-speed
press.
Many improvements In the method %
handling the paper WEIR devised after
KoeniEs press came into use and thou
eands OF presses constructed upon this
plan are In use today An American i'm
rrovement on this style 81 press. known
m tho double cylinder. attained speed
Of SOm an hour These presses answered
they were small In size and circulation.
But with the advent OF the daily with its
circulation running up TO many thousands
they proved inadequate There was de-
mand for something better. tor greater
speed
In lS1s the arm r. Hoe 4 Co which
had already heen for many years engaged
In the manufacture 81 printing presses.
attached this problem A number Of ex-
pertmentat machines were erected. and
finally IL occurred "a the exrerimensers
that by placing the type instead Of the pa
per on tho cylinder. greater speed could
b obtatnei. TIE result was the construc-
ton a. a press known as the Hoe Tyre
Revolving Machine, esussody.ux patents
taken cut by Richard NJ. Hoe TIE first
one OF these machines placed in the
Ledger office. In Philadelphia, In isA6
Tho basis az these inventions consisted
IN an apparatus for securely fastening the
forms ~ type on central cylinder placed
In n horizontal position This was accom-
piishsSi by the construction ~ east iren