planographicadj.
/ˌplanəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˌplænəˈɡræfɪk/ Of, relating to, or produced by a process in which printing is done from a plane surface.
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planographic1897
1897 H. W. Singer & W. Strang Etching 121 The relief print has no plate mark, the intaglio print has one quite clear and distinct, the planographic one has a very slight mark.
1914 E. H. Richter Prints 10 The last group to be considered, planographic processes, is based entirely upon chemical and physical action.
1946 H. Whetton Pract. Printing & Binding xxv. 287/1 Planographic is the term used to describe a printing surface on the same level as the plate.
1972 Physics Bull. Sept. 532/3 The printing surface is virtually planographic and the action of development is to render the image areas oliophilic.
2004 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 26 Feb. Lithography is a planographic process in which a waxy image is drawn on fine-grained Bavarian limestone or a metal plate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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