NOUN | communication | 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) |
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Meaning | The process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent). | |
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Synonym | planography | |
Narrower | 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 |
lithography | A method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface | |
Broader | printing, printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
Catalan | planography |
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