Note 3 — RARE AND SECOND-HAND BOOKS By Charles E. Goodspeed.
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Footnote 3: If one sheet of paper were run through the press before "making ready," it would not receive any impression, there being a space equal to the thickness of ten sheets of paper between the cylinder and the surface of the type. A bunch of six or eight sheets is therefore run through to get an impression for "make-ready" purposes.(Back to main text)