planography

planography
planographic /play'neuh graf"ik, plan'euh-/, adj.planographically, adv.
/pleuh nog"reuh fee/, n. Print.
the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset. Also called surface-printing.
[1840-50; PLANO-1 + -GRAPHY]

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      any printing technique in which the printing and nonprinting areas of the plate are in a single plane, i.e., at the same level. See offset printing.

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