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Platen presses

Scope note

Printing presses in which both the paper and the printing surface lie flat and come into direct contact with each other by closing and opening like a clamshell. DICGAT

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000234682

Broader Terms used

printing presses

Equivalent Terms used

platen press

Created

13yrs ago

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