stereotype

Japanese: stereotype
stereotype

...Typesetting machines (combining type with relief printing or photographic printing) wear out when printing in large quantities, so it is useful to make many identical plates. In English, they are called stereotypes, meaning plates of the same type. In Japan, they are also commonly called stereotypes or stereoplates, and these duplicate plates are often used except for very small runs of typeset prints. A paper mold is made by pressing a paper mold onto the master plate (typesetting machine), and a molten lead alloy heated to about 320°C is poured into it, which is then cooled and solidified into a shape that is convenient for printing on a printing press. ...

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Japanese:

…活字組版(活字と線画凸版あるいは写真版を組み込んだもの)は,大量に印刷すると磨滅するから同じ版を多数作っておくと便利である。英語ではステレオタイプstereotypeといい,同型の版の意味で,日本でも俗にステロまたはステロ版ともいって,ごく少部数の活版印刷物を除いて,この複製版を利用することが多い。原版(活字組版)に紙型用紙を圧して作った紙型に,320℃くらいに加熱し溶融した鉛合金を流し込んで冷却固化したものを,印刷機にかけるのに便利な形に仕上げる。…

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