lettersetn.
/ˈlɛtəsɛt/, U.S. /ˈlɛdərˌsɛt/ Printing.
A printing process in which ink is transferred from a raised surface to a rubber-covered cylinder, and from there to paper or some other surface; = dry offset n. at dry adj. and adv. Compounds 3. Frequently attributive.
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1962 Inland Printer/Amer. Lithographer Oct. 85/2 ‘Letterset’ is a word coined to describe a ‘new’ printing process introduced and demonstrated by Du Pont and the Miehle Co. during the Sept. 19-22 convention of the National Association of Photo-Lithographers in Los Angeles.
1965 Chicago Tribune 28 Jan. ii. 21/1 (advt.) I want 2 expd. pressmen for a 2 shift operation of a new offset Letterset press.
1982 Billboard 19 July 6 (advt.) Letterset Printing Presses and Type And Much More!
1992 A. J. Bean in S. P. Pappas Radiation Curing viii. 327 In printing two-piece cans, letterset printing is used.
2001 H. Kipphan Handbk. Print Media 396 A few newspaper rotaries are still in use both for direct and indirect printing (letterset, with blanket cylinder).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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