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photoengraving
[ foh-toh-en-grey-ving ]
noun
- a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- a plate so produced.
- a print made from it.
photoengraving
/ ˌəʊəʊɪˈɡɪɪŋ /
noun
- a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
- a plate made by this process
- a print made from such a plate
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of photoengraving1
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The writer invented the first successful photoengraving process for printing.
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His father, a photoengraver and inventor whose formal schooling had ended with fourth grade, held patents on several photoengraving devices.
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The errant photoengraving, kept in a picture editor’s desk, was reused again and again.
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The earlier of the two volumes consists of 488 pages explaining the craft of photoengraving, and it reproduces every conceivable example of the technique offered by the technology then available.
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Blocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.
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