photomechanics

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• 照相制版印刷术

英英释义

Noun:

1. the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods;

   "photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing"
   

2. the technique of using photomechanical methods to make photographs into plates for printing