Definition of Printings. Meaning of Printings. Synonyms of Printings

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Definition of Printings

Printing
Printing Print"ing, n. 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 prints. Block printing. See under Block. Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to light. Printing house, a printing office. Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc. It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning. Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities. --Ure. Printing office, a place where books, pamphlets, or newspapers, etc., are printed. Printing paper, paper used in the printing of books, pamphlets, newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from writing paper, wrapping paper, etc. Printing press, a press for printing, books, newspaper, handbills, etc. Printing wheel, a wheel with letters or figures on its periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel.

Meaning of Printings from wikipedia

- Printing is a process for m**** reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include...
- 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety...
- The printing patent or printing privilege was a precursor of modern copyright. It was an exclusive right to print a work or a class of works. The earliest...
- A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring...
- Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in...
- Water transfer printing, also known as immersion printing, water transfer imaging, hydro dipping, watermarbling, cubic printing, Hydrographics, or HydroGraphics...
- German printing press spread rapidly throughout Europe in the 15th century, and Venice was quick to adopt it. By 1482, Venice was the printing capital...
- Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the...
- Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking"...
- the first edition printings. Later second edition printings are valued much less than first edition printings or the first printing of the second edition...