Meaning & use
Planographic
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Describing a printing process, such as lithography, in which the printing and non-printing areas lie on the same flat plane rather than being raised or recessed.
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Lithography is the most widely used planographic printing method.
The museum's exhibit compared relief, intaglio, and planographic printing techniques.
A note on using this word
Contrasts with 'relief' printing (raised surfaces, like woodcuts) and 'intaglio' printing (recessed surfaces, like engraving).
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