page_title: Rotary printing press
hierarchical_section_title: Rotary printing press
caption_attribution_description: Richard March Hoe's printing press—six cylinder design
context_page_description: A rotary printing press is a printing press in which the images to be printed are curved around a cylinder. Printing can be done on various substrates, including paper, cardboard, and plastic. Substrates can be sheet feed or unwound on a continuous roll through the press to be printed and further modified if required. Printing presses that use continuous rolls are sometimes referred to as "web presses".
context_section_description: A rotary printing press is a printing press in which the images to be printed are curved around a cylinder. Printing can be done on various substrates, including paper, cardboard, and plastic. Substrates can be sheet feed or unwound on a continuous roll through the press to be printed and further modified if required (e.g. die cut, overprint varnished, embossed). Printing presses that use continuous rolls are sometimes referred to as "web presses".
caption: Hoe's six-cylinder rotary press from the 1860s. The printing plates are located on the large cylinder in the middle.
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