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photoengraving

[ foh-toh-en-grey-ving ]

noun

  1. a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  2. a plate so produced.
  3. a print made from it.


photoengraving

/ ËŒ´Úəʊ³Ùəʊɪ²Ôˈɡ°ù±ðɪ±¹ÉªÅ‹ /

noun

  1. a photomechanical process for producing letterpress printing plates
  2. a plate made by this process
  3. a print made from such a plate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of photoengraving1

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + engraving
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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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