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MULTICOLOR PRESS [2 records]

Record 1 2001-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

A press which prints a series of colours wet-on-wet, such as the four process colours, but the units can be used to print other colours or varnishes.

Key term(s)
  • four-color press
  • four-colour press

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

A printing press with additional printing units incorporated so that all the required colours can be printed in one pass of the paper through the press.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Machine imprimant plusieurs couleurs sur la même face du support en un seul "passage".

CONT

Leur schéma au début fut très varié. On essaya toutes espèces de disposition des cylindres les uns par rapport aux autres, avant d'en arriver à l'alignement de machines une couleur l'une à la suite de l'autre, ce qui est le schéma de presque toutes les machines modernes.

Key term(s)
  • machine plusieurs-couleurs

Spanish

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