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Patent Model of a Chromatic Web Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chromatic web press for printing a narrow strip of paper, such as a strip of tickets, with several colors successively. The invention was granted patent number 225501. The long type form, suspended above the platen, was inked from a divided fountain. The paper moved intermittently down the length of the form and received each color in turn.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Chromatic Web Press. ca 1880. Wright, George M.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
