Printing machine - Insatsuki

Japanese: 印刷機 - いんさつき

A machine that applies ink to a plate and presses it against paper to produce a print. Its basic mechanisms include a pressure mechanism, a device that applies ink to the plate, a device that moves the paper, and a device that controls the movement of each part. Printing machines are broadly classified as letterpress, lithographic, and intaglio depending on the type of plate, and as flat-press, cylindrical, and rotary depending on the shape of the plate and the pressure method. Printing paper comes in flat and reel form, and the paper feeding method can be automatic or manual. Lithographic offset printing is currently the most popular. However, printing equipment that does not require printing pressure, such as electrostatic printing and inkjet printing, has also become common with the spread of electronic copiers and personal computers.

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Japanese:

版にインキをつけ紙に押しつけて印刷物をつくる機械。基本機構として加圧機構，版面にインキをつける装置，紙を動かす装置および各部の運動を統御する装置を備える。版式によって凸版印刷機，平版印刷機，凹版印刷機に大別し，版面の形状と加圧方式により平圧式印刷機，円圧式印刷機，輪転機に分けられる。印刷用紙の形態には平判(ひらばん)と巻取りがあり，その給紙方式に自動と手差しとがある。現在，平版オフセット印刷がもっともポピュラー。なお，静電印刷やインキジェット印刷といった印圧の必要のない印刷機器も電子コピーやパソコンの普及で一般化している。

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