surface-printing

[ sur-fis-prin-ting ]

noun

1. planography.

Word History and Origins

Origin of surface-printing¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Typography, or surface-printing, is the process employed in the production of our current British stamps.

From Project Gutenberg

In the former, adapted to the process called plate-printing, the ink is delivered from the lines in the plate to the paper pressed upon it; in the latter, adapted to surface-printing, the ink is spread upon the face of the lines and printed as in typography.

From Project Gutenberg

But surface-printing being much less sharp and distinct than plate-printing, imperfect copies of notes for which that process is used are the more likely to escape detection.

From Project Gutenberg