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RELIEF PROCESS [1 record]

Record 1 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A method of map reproduction in which the paper receives ink directly from raised metal surfaces of the printing plate.

CONT

Relief Processes. These are essentially the opposite of the intaglio processes, as the printing image ... stands above the supporting surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Méthode d'impression qui utilise un cliché en métal dont la forme imprimante est proéminente.

CONT

Dans les procédés en relief, l'encre est déposée sur les parties saillantes de la planche, la profondeur des creux empêchant l'encre de se déposer dans les parties en retrait. [...] L'application industrielle de ces principes a donné naissance à la typographie. (Cartographie, techniques de laboratoire et procédés d'impression, de Robert Saint-Arnauld, PUL, 1973, p. 2).

Spanish

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