A swinging mechanical rack equipped with long wooden or metal fingers that catches freshly printed sheets as they come off the cylinder of a press. The mechanism flips over in a rhythmic motion to gently lay each sheet flat onto the delivery pile, preventing the wet ink from smudging.
Heard on the job
Adjust the tension on the fly so it drops the heavy cover stock squarely onto the stack instead of throwing it against the backstop.
Also heard as
- fly frame