Bed - the channel in which the carriage is placed, allowing the carriage to move under and out from the platen
California job case – the tray/case/drawer which holds the type by letter, symbol, or punctuation; has 89 individual compartments
Carriage - horizontally moving part of the Common press that contains both the tympan assembly (being of the tympan and frisket) and the coffin
Cheeks - the tallest pair of vertical posts on the Common press
Coffin - the part of the press that holds type
Form – the set block of type as a single unit as it exists inside of the tray
Frisket - part of the tympan assembly, the frisket is trimmed paper that covers margins to protect the paper to be printed from stray ink
Furniture – wooden buffers that keep the type in place in the coffin during the application of ink and the pressing of the platen
Handle screw - the ‘T’ shaped handle connected to a driving screw, presses the platen down onto the tympan and onto the inked typeface blocks
Ink balls - a set of two applicators used to stamp ink onto typeface blocks
Platen - the wooden block that is forced down by a screw onto the paper and inked type to form an impression
Quoins – metal spacers that sit between pieces of furniture, allowing for increased pressure to be applied to keep the form(s) in place during the application of ink and pressing of platen
Roller - a tube with a handle on each end used to distribute ink evenly over a surface
Tympan - press part that distributes the weight of the platen evenly over the coffin to ensure a consistent impression
Tympan assembly - part of the carriage that holds the paper, consists of the tympan and the frisket
Type - metal block with a raised surface that reads as a letter or punctuation when stamped on a surface, used in concert to create text
Woodblock - a block of wood with one face carved into a design, meant to be included in the form when printing, typically decorative
