relief printing

relief printing

      in art printmaking, a process consisting of cutting or etching a printing surface in such a way that all that remains of the original surface is the design to be printed. Examples of relief-printing processes include woodcut, anastatic printing (also called relief etching), linocut, and metal cut.

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  • relief printing —    Printing methods in which a block of wood, linoleum or some other material s surface is carved so that an image can be printed from it un carved areas receiving ink which transfers to another surface when the block is pressed against it. Block …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • relief printing — noun printing from a plate with raised characters • Syn: ↑letterpress • Hypernyms: ↑printing, ↑printing process …   Useful english dictionary

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  • relief printing — noun Date: 1875 letterpress 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Base-relief printing — Рельефная печать …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • Newspaper letterpress [newspaper relief] printing — Печатание газет способом высокой печати …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

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  • printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …   Universalium

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