letterpresses in English
noun
1
printing from a hard, raised image under pressure, using viscous ink.
Printing on aluminum foil can be accomplished by any commercial process, including rotogravure, flexography, lithography, and letterpress .
2
printed text as opposed to illustrations.
noun
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1. The web offset presses are much faster than the old letterpresses, but they are also much more expensive.
2. As a result, beautiful publications are being produced with full-color illustrations, instead of the two-color pictures (black plus one other color) that were possible on the old letterpresses.