Pressing a stack t of freshly-scooped paper

To finish making a sheet of paper, remove the bamboo screen (su), then flip the side with the fibres stuck to it downwards, and, touching the far side first, slowly place it down and stick it on the suki-tsuke-han [paper stacking board]. Then carefully remove the su that is sitting on top. In this way each raw sheet of paper is lain one by one to create a stack, which is called the kamikure [also known as shito]. The stack is left overnight to remove the water, then the next day the stack is moved to a vice bench or press, and between scooping the vat the vice or press is carefully tightened to remove the water a small amount at a time