Meaning & use
Makeready
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The process of adjusting and preparing a printing press or its plates before a print run begins.
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The pressroom spent an hour on makeready before the first newspapers rolled off the line.
Poor makeready can cause uneven ink coverage across the printed sheets.
A note on using this word
A printing-trade compound word combining 'make' and 'ready,' dating back to the era of letterpress printing.
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