Definition of Planographic printing

1. Noun. The process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent).

Exact synonyms: Planography
Generic synonyms: Printing, Printing Process
Specialized synonyms: Collotype, Collotype Printing, Photogelatin Process, Lithography
Derivative terms: Planographic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Planographic Printing

plannings
plano
plano-
plano-convex
planoblast
planoblasts
planocellular
planoconcave
planoconical
planoconvex
planogram
planogrammed
planogramming
planograms
planographic
planographic printing (current term)
planographies
planography
planomania
planometer
planometers
planometry
planorbis
planorbises
planoscopic eyepiece
planosol
planosols
planotopokinesia
planovalgus
plans

Literary usage of Planographic printing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Horgan's Half-tone and Photomechanical Processes by Stephen Henry Horgan (1913)
"Photolithographic transfers for planographic printing direct from the metal ... Photographic prints direct on the metal for planographic printing direct, ..."

2. Colour Printing and Colour Printers by R. M. Burch, William Gamble (1910)
"There is, of course, no absolute planographic printing—the class to which lithography belongs—as even the ink on the surface of the stone, ..."

3. Exhibition Illustrating the Technical Methods of the Reproductive Arts from by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Print Dept, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1892)
"Relief block, intaglio plate, and planographic printing surface, in schematic representation, snowing how two lines of different width are produced, (a. ..."

4. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"On a planographic printing surface the lines of the design are neither raised nor sunken, but are on the same plane with the surface of the plate. ..."

5. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1914)
"... a full consideration of the nature and properties of zinc and aluminium and their treatment as planographic printing surfaces. 1909. Raithby. ..."

6. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1914)
"... a full consideration of the nature and properties of zinc and aluminium and their treatment as planographic printing surfaces. 1909. Raithby. ..."

7. Horgan's Half-tone and Photomechanical Processes by Stephen Henry Horgan (1913)
"Photolithographic transfers for planographic printing direct from the metal ... Photographic prints direct on the metal for planographic printing direct, ..."

8. Colour Printing and Colour Printers by R. M. Burch, William Gamble (1910)
"There is, of course, no absolute planographic printing—the class to which lithography belongs—as even the ink on the surface of the stone, ..."

9. Exhibition Illustrating the Technical Methods of the Reproductive Arts from by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Print Dept, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1892)
"Relief block, intaglio plate, and planographic printing surface, in schematic representation, snowing how two lines of different width are produced, (a. ..."

10. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"On a planographic printing surface the lines of the design are neither raised nor sunken, but are on the same plane with the surface of the plate. ..."

11. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1914)
"... a full consideration of the nature and properties of zinc and aluminium and their treatment as planographic printing surfaces. 1909. Raithby. ..."

12. Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1914)
"... a full consideration of the nature and properties of zinc and aluminium and their treatment as planographic printing surfaces. 1909. Raithby. ..."

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