Gravure

n. photoengraving, printing of an engraved photograph; print made from an engraving

Gravure may also refer to Gravure idol. Rotogravure (gravure for short) is a type of intaglio printing process, in that it involves engraving the image onto an image carrier. In gravure printing, the image is engraved onto a copper cylinder because, like offset and flexography, it uses a rotary printing press. The vast majority of gravure presses print on reels of paper, rather than sheets of paper. (Sheetfed gravure is a small, specialty market.) Rotary gravure presses are the fastest and widest presses in operation, printing everything from narrow labels to 12-feet-wide rolls of vinyl flooring. Additional operations may be in-line with a gravure press, such as saddle stitching facilities for magazine/brochure work.
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Noun
1. a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
(synonym) intaglio printing, intaglio
(hypernym) printing, printing process
(hyponym) photogravure
2. a printing plate used in the process of gravure
(hypernym) engraving
3. an intaglio print produced by gravure
(synonym) photogravure, heliogravure
(hypernym) print
4. intaglio printing
(hypernym) printing
(hyponym) photogravure, rotogravure
(derivation) engrave

n. gravure, print made from an engraving, engraving, art of carving out letters or designs on hard surfaces

n. engraving, plate, print; woodcutting, stonecutting; lettering, picture