Word Meanings - STEREOTYPOGRAPHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or art of printing from stereotype plates.

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• STEREOTYPER
  One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
• PRINTLESS
  Making no imprint. Milton.
• PRINTA-BLE
  Worthy to be published.
• STEREOTYPE
  1. A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing. Note: A stereotype, or stereotypr plate, is made by setting movable type as
• PRINT
  To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers,
• PRINTING IN
  A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative.
• STEREOTYPERY
  1. The art, process, or employment of making stereotype plates. 2. A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
• PRINTSHOP
  A shop where prints are sold.
• PRINTERY
  A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office.
• PRINTING OUT
  A method of printing, in which the image is fully brought out by the direct actinic action of light without subsequent development by means of chemicals.
• STEREOTYPED
  1. Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates. 2. Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. J. C. Shairp.
• PRINTER
  One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman. Printer's devil, Printer's gauge. See under Devil, and Gauge. -- Printer's ink. See Printing ink, below.
• PRINTING
  The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic
• IMPRINT
  to imprint, fr. L. imprimere to impres, imprint. See 1st In-, Print, 1. To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp. And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands. Prior. 2. To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates,
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• COMPRINT
  To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. E. Phillips. (more info) 1. To print together.
• PHOTOPRINT
  Any print made by a photomechanical process.
• BAT PRINTING
  A mode of printing on glazed ware.
• BLUEPRINT
  See PRINT
• REPRINT
  1. To print again; to print a second or a new edition of. 2. To renew the impression of. The whole business of our redemption is . . . to reprint God's image upon the soul. South.
• FOOTPRINT
  The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."
• MISPRINT
  To print wrong.
• ELECTRO-STEREOTYPE
  See ELECTROTYPE