printing process based on the use of intaglio plates created by photographic processes; picture or text produced in this manner
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Rotogravure Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
rotogravure
n
1. printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
2. printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
3. using photography to produce a plate for printing [syn: photogravure]
Noun
1. printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
(hypernym) photogravure
2. printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
(hypernym) photojournalism
(part-holonym) newspaper, paper
3. using photography to produce a plate for printing
(synonym) photogravure
(hypernym) gravure
Rotogravure Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Rotogravure (Roto or Gravure for short) is a type of intaglio printing process; that is, it involves engraving the image onto an image carrier. In gravure printing, the image is engraved onto a cylinder because, like offset printing and flexography, it uses a rotary printing press. Once a staple of newspaper photo features, the rotogravure process is still used for commercial printing of magazines, postcards, and corrugated (cardboard) product packaging.
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