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microprint|ˈmaɪkrəʊprɪnt| [f. micro- 7 + print n.] a. A photographic print of text reduced by microphotography. b. Printed matter so reduced. Hence ˈmicroprinting vbl. n., the production of microprint.
1933Library Jrnl. LVIII. 913/1 With these photographic prints on sensitized paper there is no more question of fire hazard and the necessity of projection is likewise eliminated... We have, however, to overcome one difficulty, namely to make the ‘micro prints’ easily legible. 1951Amer. Documentation II. 151/1 Microprint is delivered in labelled, cloth slip-cases ready for shelving. 1961T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 121/1 Microfilming and the production of microprint are camera methods. 1962A. Günther Microphotogr. in Library (Unesco) 5 Micro-writing and micro-printing were known centuries ago. 1970Brit. Printer Jan. 80/1 Trial runs have satisfied him that micro printing to a 10th of normal size..can be done successfully on a standard offset-litho press. 1970New Scientist 31 Dec. 601/2 People of all ages have found that they can read microprint without strain. |