ROTOGRAVURE

photogravure, rotogravure

(noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing

rotogravure

(noun) printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press

rotogravure

(noun) printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rotogravure (countable and uncountable, plural rotogravures)

A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.

A print made by such a method.

A portion of a printed work produced by this method.

Source: Wiktionary



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