printing

/ˈprɪntɪŋ/

/ˈprɪntɪŋ/

Other forms: printings

Definitions of printing

1. noun

   the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
   types:

   gravure

   the act of intaglio printing

   issue, publication

   the act of issuing printed materials

   photogravure, rotogravure

   using photography to produce a plate for printing

   type of:

   business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise

   the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
2. noun

   reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
   synonyms: printing process

   types:

   composition, typography

   art and technique of printing with movable type

   letterpress, relief printing

   printing from a plate with raised characters

   gravure, intaglio, intaglio printing

   a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

   process printing

   a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates

   planographic printing, planography

   the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)

   offset, offset printing

   a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

   carbon process

   a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment

   photogravure

   printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods

   collotype, collotype printing, photogelatin process

   a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors

   lithography

   a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface

   photo-offset, photo-offset printing

   a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates

   letterset printing

   image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller

   type of:

   writing

   letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
3. noun

   all the copies of a work printed at one time
   “they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies”

   synonyms: impression

   types:

   edition

   the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

   proof, test copy, trial impression

   (printing) an impression made to check for errors

   mackle

   a printed impression that is blurred or doubled

   limited edition

   an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies

   variorum, variorum edition

   an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors

   galley proof

   a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages

   foundry proof

   a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made

   type of:

   publication

   a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
4. noun

   text handwritten in the style of printed matter
   type of:

   writing

   letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language