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FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING [1 record]

Record 1 2012-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flexography (Printing)
DEF

A method of rotary letterpress printing that uses flexible rubber or photopolymer plates and fast-drying, solvent-based fluid inks.

OBS

aniline printing: An early name for flexography when using fluid fast-drying inks with aniline dyes.

OBS

The term aniline printing was abandoned when the term flexography was adopted in 1952.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Flexographie (Imprimerie)
DEF

Procédé d'impression rotatif, en relief, réalisé au moyen de clichés souples (en caoutchouc ou en photopolymères) et d'encres liquides à base de matières volatiles.

OBS

Le terme «flexographie» a supplanté le terme «procédé à l'aniline».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Flexografía (Imprenta)
DEF

Técnica de impresión [...] con formas en relieve que llevan un clisé de goma o de plástico flexible e imprimen con tintas fluidas de disolvente muy volátil y, por ende, de secado rápido.

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