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Flexo

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flexographynounA method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
electrographynounThe recording of the electrical activity of part of the body
letterpressnoun(printing) The printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image.
mimeonounA mimeograph.
folionounA page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book.
typogravurenoun(uncountable) A photomechanical engraving and printing technique.
rotogravurenounA printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
collotypenoun(uncountable) A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.
pullnoun(countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
pressworknounThe operation of a printing press.
typographicanoun(plural only) Examples of fine printing (as in a collection).
offset printingnounPrinting by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.
rotary printing pressnounA printing press that uses cylinders for carrying ink onto the printed surface, used in flexography, gravure and offset printing.
xeroprintnounA print made by xerography.
phototypographynounA photomechanical method of printing made to resemble traditional metal typography
autotypographynoun(archaic) A process by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which further prints can be made.
planographynoun(printing) A form of printing from a flat surface, as opposed to a raised or incised one.
printing rollnounIn offset printing and flexography, a cylinder carrying the printing form.
photocompositionnounSynonym of phototypesetting.
graphotypenounA process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or zinc oxide is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.

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