forme
/fɔːm
/(also form)
noun Printing
1A body of type secured in a chase for printing.In many cases, the formes are reminders of the work of the individual tradesmen whose handiwork has outlived them....
- Elastomeric materials have long been used to produce printing blocks, printing rollers, printing formes and elastomeric covered printing sleeves for flexographic printing.
1.1A quantity of film arranged for making a plate.
Origin
Late 15th century: variant of form.