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PRINTING MASTER [1 record]

Record 1 2007-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
CONT

A printing is similar to a printing plate except it is made of a thin flexible sheet of material. A finished printing master is flat in appearance. It is flexible so it can be wrapped around a cylinder or drum that rotates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
CONT

À ses origines, l'imprimeur fabriquait son papier, rédigeait ses articles, composait sa matrice d'impression, imprimait l'ensemble et diffusait son «journal».

Spanish

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