overprints in English

noun

1

words or other matter printed onto something already bearing print.

Those lovely words against the gray ground and the overprint !

verb

1

print additional matter on (a stamp or other surface already bearing print).

menus will be overprinted with company logos

2

print too many copies of.

Inexperience with the book trade resulted in our erring on the side of overprinting our books too heavily throughout 2002, so that our anticipated profit is in fact sitting in our warehouse in the form of books.

3

make (a print or other positive) darker than intended.

There is often a blue cast that overprints the entire photo, which results from blue backscattering from the atmosphere.

Use "overprints" in a sentence

1. Group of 8 German overprints for the 1920 Allenstein Plebiscite - all MH with hinge residue {321} Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing

2. We are focused on advertising overprints, gimmickries of any kind, ball-pens, lighters and Grawerton technology i.e. printing on metals including full colour printing.

3. Our results imply that the belt-like configuration of the subprovinces, emphasized in accretionary models of the Superior Province, is a relatively late feature that overprints older, tectonically significant structures.