EGAVE

underprint

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Meaning

  1. adjective The addition of colour under black areas to produce a deeper black and prevent oversaturation of the paper.
  2. noun Printing underneath the main design of a stamp, intended to prevent forgery or removal of the postmark.
  3. noun a logo or advertising printed on the underside of a stamp; backprint.
  4. noun A fossilised print in the rock bed that is at a deeper level than the track the creature leaving it was actually travelling on; caused by the pressure of a heavy animal or penetration of the sediment by a pointed appendage.

Similar words

relief stencilled sheetfed handprinted hot off the press n-up letterpressed printbound multipart antiphotocopying

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