The machine, a Duplex Angle-Bar web perfecting press, as shown above, has just been installed by Mr. James Reed of New York. It required nearly a week to erect the press and make the necessary adjustments.
This press prints four, six and eight pages of an eight-column paper direct from the roll at the speed of 3,500 to 4,500 papers per hour, all in one operation, delivering the papers folded, ready for the mailing department. This is in direct contrast to the capacity of our former cylinder press, which printed four pages at a time at a speed of 1,200 to 1,500 an hour. Sheets of paper instead of the roll were used in the former method, and this meant that the paper had to be fed through the press sheet by sheet twice in order that it would be printed on both sides. Then the sheets had to be taken to a hand-fed folder where again, sheet by sheet, they were folded. It will be readily seen that in the printing of the paper with the new press, much time will be saved.
The press is driven by a 10-horse electric motor mounted in a pit under the machine. A larger pit under the press gives access to it for threading and mechanical adjustments.
The purchase of this press is another milestone in the Herald’s path of progress. It will enable the paper to expand and grow and to serve the community of which it has been a part for nearly a half century. This purchase is an evidence of faith in Smithfield and Johnston county. The Herald is sure that the community will continue to give its support and thus justify the wisdom of this expenditure.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Sept. 1, 1925 To see the Duplex Press, go to:
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073982/1925-09-01/ed-1/seq-1/
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