Press cylinder type printing press

Japanese: 押胴式印刷機 - おうどうしきいんさつき
Press cylinder type printing press

…This was the time when Napoleon was on the rise, and the number of newspapers published was also increasing dramatically, so there was a demand for a high-speed printing press. In 1814, at the request of The Times, Germans Friedrich König (1774-1833) and Andreas Friedrich Bauer (1783-1860) built a cylinder printing press and invented the modern method of printing by moving a flat plate back and forth and applying pressure. Previously, when the manuscripts were ready at midnight, by 6 a.m., two workers per press on 12 presses could barely print 10,000 copies, even if they worked in shifts. However, with König and Bauer's machine, two workers per press could print about 10,000 copies. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "push-cylinder printing presses" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このころはちょうどナポレオンが台頭してきたときであり,新聞発行部数も激増していたので,高速印刷機の出現が要望されていた。1814年,タイムズ社の要請によってドイツ人ケーニヒFriedrich König(1774‐1833)とバウアーAndreas Friedrich Bauer(1783‐1860)は押胴式印刷機を作って,平らな版盤を往復させ加圧して印刷する近代的方法を発明した。従来,夜半の12時に原稿がそろうと,朝の6時までに12台の印刷機に1台あたり2人の工員がついて,交代で印刷しても1万部印刷するのがやっとであったが,ケーニヒとバウアーの機械では,1台に2人がついて約1万枚を刷ることができた。…

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