plate-printing en
121offset printing — The printing process in which an inked image on a metal or paper plate is transferred to a smooth rubber cylinder and then to the paper. Also see lithography and planography …
122letterset printing — noun image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller • Hypernyms: ↑offset, ↑offset printing …
123vacuum printing frame — noun A frame from which air can be exhausted to ensure close contact between the film image and plate • • • Main Entry: ↑vacuum …
124reverse plate — Print. a plate for printing a reverse. * * * …
125key plate — /ˈki pleɪt/ (say kee playt) noun (in the offset lithography process where colour separation is not photomechanical) a plate used in multicolour printing to prepare other plates to print each colour …
126combination plate — noun : a photoengraving plate produced by more than one process; specifically : a photomechanical engraving in which the printing surface contains both line and halftone images …
127cracked plate — noun : a postage stamp showing a mark or line not part of the original design and due to a crack or flaw in the printing plate …
128plastic plate — noun : a letterpress printing plate made from a molded plastic …
