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Record 1 1998-09-15

English

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

A process developed in the late 1960s which uses the lithographic principle of surface chemistry to separate the image and non-image areas but does not require dampening. Special plates are used.

OBS

Because they are too expensive to make, these plates were no longer produced after 1977.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Procédé d'impression offset mis au point à la fin des années 60 qui grâce à des plaques spéciales, se fait sans mouillage.

OBS

3M commercialise ces plaques spéciales de 1971 à 1977.

Spanish

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