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line cut
line cutn. A letterpress printing plate made from a line drawing by a photoengraving process. Also called line engraving.line′ cut`
n. an engraving consisting only of lines or areas that are solid black or white. Compare halftone (def. 2). [1900–05] line cut
line cut[′līn ‚kət] (graphic arts) A relief printing plate made by photographing a design and then transferring the negative onto a zinc or copper plate that is then developed, with the lines that will form the printing surface being protected and the rest of the plate etched down; used exclusively for the reproduction of materials executed in black (or a color) and white, with no intermediate shades of gray (or tones). Also known as line block; line engraving; line etching; line plate. |