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(Encyclopedia)printing, means of producing reproductions of written material or images in multiple copies. There are four traditional types of printing: relief printing (with which this article is mainly concerned)...block printing
(Encyclopedia)block printing: see textile printing under textiles. ...silk-screen printing
(Encyclopedia)silk-screen printing, multiple printing technique, also known as serigraphy, involving the use of stencils to transfer the design. Paint is applied to a silk or nylon screen and penetrates areas of th...Gutenberg, Johann
(Encyclopedia)Gutenberg, Johann go͞oˈtənbərg, Ger. yōˈhän go͞oˈtənbĕrk [key], c.1397–1468, German inventor and printer, long credited with the invention of a method of printing from movable type, inclu...Rogers, Bruce
(Encyclopedia)Rogers, Bruce, 1870–1957, American typographer and book designer, b. Lafayette, Ind. As printing adviser to Cambridge Univ. Press, Harvard Univ. Press, and to commercial houses specializing in limit...typesetting
(Encyclopedia)typesetting: see printing.photogravure
(Encyclopedia)photogravure: see printing.pantone
(Encyclopedia)pantone: see printing.rotogravure
(Encyclopedia)rotogravure: see printing.offset
(Encyclopedia)offset: see printing.Browse by Subject
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