platemaker

[ pleyt-mey-ker ]

noun

, Printing.

1. a machine that makes plates plate used for reproducing illustrations or printed matter, especially halftone or etched illustrations.
2. the operator of such a machine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of platemaker¹

1250–1300; Middle English, as surname meaning “armorer”; plate ¹, maker

Example Sentences

With $5,000 borrowed from an uncle, they leased an Itek platemaker that could produce low-cost offset printing plates in just under a minute.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time Herald completed its tenth year we had a formidable team with players like Tulsidas, Jason, Alaric, Jose, Domnic, Pradeep, our platemaker, and Vilas Sarang who never made it to the team.

From Project Gutenberg