Planographic printing process in which a design is deposited on the stone or plate with a greasy substance and the surface is chemically treated to accept ink only in the greasy areas.
Broader Terms
<planographic printing processes> (4557)
Narrower Terms
offset lithography (606),
colour lithography (169),
transfer lithography (1)
Related Terms
lithographers (2),
lithographs (3652)
Alternative Terms lithographic
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