printing process

Other forms: printing processes

Definitions of printing process

1. noun

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

   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