gravure

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  1. noun A method of printing with etched plates or cylinders; intaglio printing.
  2. noun Photogravure.
  3. noun A plate used in the process of gravure.
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  • Joining the discussion was Alcan Packaging's Keith Newton, who moderated the session "Why Gravure and Why Not Gravure," which presented three different perspectives: a CPC using all gravure, a CPC using a mix of flexo and a company that abandoned gravure and shifted towards flexo.
  • UV-LED curing of printing on "analog" press such as screen, pad, offset, flexo and gravure is becoming a real possibility.
  • In addition to her appearances in many best-selling AVs, she has done several "gravure" or glamour photo shoots and videos. —  AskMen.com - HOME PAGE
  • The TRENDSETTER NX Imager is available in two size formats-Narrow and Mid-and is a key component of the FLEXCEL NX Digital Flexographic System, which provides offset class, gravure quality on a wide variety of substrates-including paper, flexible film, foil, label stock, and folding cartons. —  Packaging and Converting Essentials
  • Latest news about celebrities and a weekly gravure feature gallery. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
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  1. French, from graver, to engrave, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French gravure, from graver, engrave: see grave, v.
 

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