electrographyn.
/ᵻˌlɛkˈtrɒɡrəfi/, /ˌɛlɛkˈtrɒɡrəfi/, /ˌɪlɛkˈtrɒɡrəfi/, /ˌiːlɛkˈtrɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /əˌlɛkˈtrɑɡrəfi/, /iˌlɛkˈtrɑɡrəfi/ΚΠ
1840 T. Spencer Instr. Multiplication Wks. of Art by Voltaic Electr. Pref. 8 The whole art of applying electricity to the production of such works of art should be termed ‘electrography’.
1841 T. H. Fielding (title) The art of engraving, with the various modes of operation under the following different divisions : etching, soft-ground etching, line engraving, chalk and stipple, aquatint, mezzotint, lithography, wood engraving, medallic engraving, electrography, and photography.
1896 Times 2 Mar. 14/3 The process of duplicating engraved plates seems to have been called ‘electrography’, a name which, I notice, is now proposed by Captain Abney for the work of the Röntgen or X rays.
2. Any of various electrostatic methods of printing; (in later use) spec. a method in which ink is electrostatically attracted to a pattern of electric charge created on a dielectric surface.
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society > communication > printing > specific methods or processes > [noun] > others
stereotype1800
typolithography1825
fluorography1840
glyphography1843
photoprocess1875
process work1881
recess printing1887
process engraving1889
screening1894
rotogravure1913
offset printing1915
thermography1928
electrography1953
flexography1954
recess1958
impact printing1966
1953 U.S. Patent 2,647,464 1 This invention relates to an electrical method for reproducing printed images and other images and to apparatus for effecting such electrical reproduction.
1972 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 19 391 The field of electrography is now generally considered to include all electrophotographic processes as well as the nonphotographic electrical printing processes.
1991 P. Gregory High-technol. Applic. Org. Colorants x. 212 Electrography, ion deposition, and magnetography are toner-based technologies.
2001 H. Kipphan Handbk. Print Media v. 742 Unlike electrophotography, non-impact printing processes based on electrography use an electric field to transfer the image information onto the substrate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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