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letterpress platemaking [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Platemaking (Printing)
  • Photoengraving
  • Letterpress (printing methods)
DEF

Making a relief printing plate by using photomechanical means to obtain a chemically resistant image and then by etching away the non-image area leaving only the image area in relief.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)
  • Photogravure
  • Typographie (procédés d'impression)
DEF

Ensemble des procédés qui permettent d'obtenir par la gravure photochimique des clichés en relief pouvant s'imprimer typographiquement.

Spanish

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