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impression cylinder [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Flexography (Printing)
DEF

A cylinder that brings the paper into contact with the master or blanket under pressure to effect the transfer of the image.

CONT

The impression cylinder is smooth, highly polished metal cylinder. [It] backs up and supports the substrate as it contacts the printing plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Flexographie (Imprimerie)
DEF

Cylindre assurant une pression suffisante de la feuille contre le cliché ou le blanchet pour effectuer le transfert de l'image.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

The cylinder around which paper is carried during its contact with type, plates or an offset roller on the following types of presses: impression cylinder presses, flatbed-cylinder presses, flexographic presses, rotary letterpresses, sheet-fed gravure presses, screen process cylinder presses, sheet-fed offset presses, single revolution presses, unit-type presses, and web-offset presses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Cylindre qui porte le papier durant l'impression sur les presses typographiques, les rotatives, les presses offset et les presses hélio. Ce cylindre fonctionne de façon quelque peu différente d'un procédé à l'autre.

OBS

Sur les presses offset, le terme cylindre de marge est employé comme synonyme de cylindre de pression.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

[In a press,] The cylinder around which paper is carried during its contact with type, plates or an offset roller.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Dans les presses offset, [...] cylindre qui presse la feuille contre le blanchet sur lequel s'est décalqué l'élément imprimant de la forme.

OBS

C'est seulement en parlant des presses offset que le terme "cylindre de marge" est employé comme synonyme de "cylindre de pression" sur les autres types de presse, on n'emploie que "cylindre de pression" et "cylindre d'impression".

Spanish

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