the second press 230 has a closed blanket 232 and a shoe 234 which presses a top felt 236 against the web 22 and a press roll 238 the press roll 238 is heated by a heater 240 similar to the heater 226 employed with the press roll 224 a second steam shower 242 can preheat the web 22 as it enters the second nip 230 the use of two extended nip presses one on each side of the web gives greater control over the one sidedness of the web 22 a modification of the pressing section 220 is shown in fig4 where a pressing section 320 has a conventional heated press 322 in the fourth pressing position a conventional press 322 is considerably less costly and has generally lower maintenance requirement as compared to an extended nip press therefore if a conventional press is sufficient to achieve the desired web properties it will be the preferred approach a test was run where the press roll 224 was heated to between 300 and 400 degrees fahrenheit and where the press roll 324 was heated to between 72 and 300 degrees fahrenheit with satisfactory production of one sided paper the conventional press 322 has a backing roll 326 and an upper felt 328 the web 22 can be preheated by a steam shower 330 and the press roll 324 is heated by an induction or radiant heater 332 for very lightweight grades of paper well under 100 grams per square meter a pressing section 420 as shown in fig5 may be.