Paging machine

A machine for printing consecutive numbers with great rapidity on sheets of paper, cheque-books, cards, &c. The numbers are usually fixed on the circumference of a revolving cylinder, which is brought down to the paper by some mechanical contrivance, by hand or treadle motion; and after the impression has been effected, the cylinder takes a turn and another number is ready to be printed. Paging machines usually ink themselves, and are made to print double, treble, &c. Numerical printing is now quite a business in itself, although most bookbinders, paper-rulers, as well as printers, possess machines of their own.