repron.
/ˈriːprəʊ/, U.S. /ˈriˌproʊ/ 1. Printing and Photography. = reproduction n. 1f; a print or copy made by (esp. photographic or digital) reproduction; material produced by this method.
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society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > proof > proof for photographic reproduction
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reproduction proof1928
1903 Eng. Catal. Bks. 1902 124/2 Illus. by Laurence Davis and others; many Repros. of Old Prints.
1946 D. Melcher & N. Larrick Printing & Promotion Handbk. 247/1 The offset or other printer..should..be encouraged to reject any proofs..of poor quality and ask for better ‘repros’.
1972 Screw 12 June 28/4 What's the chance of getting a repro of that shot?
2000 Printing World 7 Feb. 5/5 Both chosen companies are delighted that between them they will supply design artwork and repro for the packaging.
2. A reproduction or copy, esp. of a piece of furniture, made in the style of an earlier period; articles made as (commercial) reproductions of original designs. Cf. reproduction n. 2a.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > action of repeating in a copy or making a copy > of furniture, textiles, etc.
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reproduction1912
repro1952
knock-off1966
1952 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 9 Mar. 32/4 (advt.) Antiques—absolute reliability. Lamp shades and Williamsburg Repros.
1976 New Society 13 May 363/1 I can't imagine..a Rembrandt on the wall opposite, even if it were an unframed repro.
1984 ‘J. Gash’ Gondola Scam (1985) v.39 I'd made my own repro to do the Vatican rip, so I'd known it was up to scratch.
2004 K. Fox Watching Eng. (2005) ii. 115 The brand-new leather sofas and reproduction-antique dining chairs favoured by the middle-middles may cost ten times as much as the equivalent items in the houses of upper-middles, who despise leather and ‘repro’.
Compounds
C1. attributive. Printing and Photography. Designating or relating to the reproduction (reproduction n. 1f)) of a document, image, etc., esp. by photographic or digital means, or of a proof or copy produced in this way. Cf. reproduction proof n. at reproduction n. Compounds 2.
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1909 Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. (U.S.) 639 Repro-prints..29.
1921 Printers' Ink 6 Oct. 133 (advt.) Write for our repro-print booklet. We also make a specialty of printing broadsides and other large sheets.
1948 R. R. Karch Graphic Arts Procedures viii. 231 Care must be taken to see that repro proofs are well printed.
1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset iii. 31 Reproduction proofs on paper can be transferred into same-size negatives... The process..consists in making a repro-proof and covering with a sheet of special film.
1973 D. A. Spencer Focal Dict. Photogr. Technol. 528 Repro pulls can be made on baryta coated paper, or ink-accepting transparent or translucent film.
1994 P. Hamill Drinking Life iv. iv. 189 I knew about repro proofs and photostats and Photo Lettering. I was trusted to black out cut lines on negative photostats.
2000 PrintWeek 25 Feb. 32/1 When platemaking began to go inhouse to printers.., the company chose to move in the direction of more general digital repro work.
C2. attributive. Designating or relating to the commercial reproduction of an object (esp. a piece of art or antique furniture), style, etc., of an earlier period; that is produced as a reproduction or copy of an original.
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1967 Sunday Times 14 May 12/7 The total environment is compromised..by the ‘repro’ furniture introduced into the flats.
1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 27/8 (advt.) Good antique and repro furniture.
1997 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 35/1 The latter looks like a terrace of unremarkable 19th-century brick cottages with pitched roofs and wooden canopies over repro-Victorian front doors.
2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty viii. 211 Little Antoine had a remote-controlled toy car, which Wani was encouraging him to crash into the legs of the repro Louis Quinze tables and chairs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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