The most common form of job presses were those classified as platen presses. A platen press is one that has a
platen (a flat metal plate) to apply the needed pressure against the paper and bed of type to form the impression, in contrast to those presses that use a cylinder.
George Phineas Gordon developed a design of press that was widely adopted, his "Franklin Press".
Chandler & Price was a company that made a widely used jobber press. ==See also==