Printing

/ˈprɪntɪŋ/

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Other forms: printings

Definitions of printing

noun
the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

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gravure
the act of intaglio printing

issue, publication
the act of issuing printed materials

photogravure, rotogravure
using photography to produce a plate for printing

type of:
business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
noun
reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

synonyms: printing process

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composition, typography
art and technique of printing with movable type

letterpress, relief printing
printing from a plate with raised characters

gravure, intaglio, intaglio printing
a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

process printing
a method of printing colored reproductions from halftone plates

planographic printing, planography
the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)

offset, offset printing
a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

carbon process
a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment

photogravure
printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods

collotype, collotype printing, photogelatin process
a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors

lithography
a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface

photo-offset, photo-offset printing
a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates

letterset printing
image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller

type of:
writing
letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
noun
all the copies of a work printed at one time

“they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies”

synonyms: impression

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edition
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

proof, test copy, trial impression
(printing) an impression made to check for errors

mackle
a printed impression that is blurred or doubled

limited edition
an edition that is restricted to a specific number of copies

variorum, variorum edition
an edition containing various versions of a text or notes by various scholars or editors

galley proof
a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages

foundry proof
a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made

type of:
publication
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
noun
text handwritten in the style of printed matter

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type of:
writing
letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

Pronunciation

/ˈprɪntɪŋ/

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