Stone lithographic printing press
A lithographic press prints from a flat stone whose image areas accept greasy ink while damp non-image areas repel it. Pressure transfers the inked image directly to paper. The process differs from offset printing, where an interm...
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A lithographic press prints from a flat stone whose image areas accept greasy ink while damp non-image areas repel it. Pressure transfers the inked image directly to paper. The process differs from offset printing, where an intermediate blanket transfers the image; an Austrian press made in 1892 is documented in Beijing’s printing collection.
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Photograph of an illustrative example of this technology. The image does not identify the individual museum exhibit.
Image: Lithography press with map of Moosburg 02.jpg
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License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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