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Record 1 1998-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Letterpress (printing methods)
DEF

In letterpress makeready, placing sheets of paper or card under low cuts and reducing the height of high cuts so as to make all cuts as nearly the correct height as possible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (procédés d'impression)
DEF

Collage de hausses sous la forme, c.-à-d. sous les blocs-supports des clichés, et, pour les presses à platine, sous les caractères.

Spanish

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