Printing definitions. (a) Flexographic printing means a method of rotary letterpress printing which employs rubber or other types of flexible plates rapid drying fluid inks.
Printing definitions. (a) Flexographic printing means a method of rotary letterpress printing which employs rubber or other types of flexible plates rapid drying fluid inks.
(b) Gravure printing means a process of printing, from a recessed surface; the opposite of letterpress printing, in that the design areas are recessed into the plate instead of being in relief.
(c) Letterpress printing means printing by direct or offset printing processes from electrotypes, stereotypes, photo-engraved blocks, type, or any other form of printing from a relief surface and will include printing by multigraph, writer press, roneotype, or similar machines printing from type, stereos, electros, zincos, photo-engraving or the like, but does not apply to printing which is done wholly by ribbon process using a stencil of waxed paper or prepared tissue paper.
(d) Lithographic printing means planographic printing by direct or offset printing processes from surfaces or stone, rubber, metal, or other material on paper, tin or other material, and includes printing by Multilith, Rotaprint, or any similar type of printing machine but does not apply to printing which is done wholly by ribbon process using a stencil of waxed paper or prepared tissue paper.
(e) Non-impact printing machining means:
(i) Non-impact printing machines used in or in connection with the commercial printing industry but not including non-impact printing machines used solely for photocopying or facsimile transmission; and
(ii) Non-impact printing machines which employ non-impact printing technology in applying images to paper and or other surfaces and includes (either singularly or in combination) but is not limited to - lasography, inkjet and inkbubble, ion deposition, thermal transfer, xerography, magnetography, cathode ray tube projection, light emitting diode, liquid crystal display; and
(iii) Non-impact printing machines called Electronic Printing Machines or Laser Printing Machines that use one or more of the above processes. Major manufacturers of this type of equipment include, but are not limited to Canon, Hewlett Packard, Siemens, Rank-Xerox and IBM.
(f) Small-offset lithographic printing machines means small-offset lithographic printing machines known by the trade names A.B. Dick, Gestelith, Hamada, MGD 22, Multilith, Romayor and Rotaprint (and any other similar kind of machine) having a sheet size the longest side of which is less than 620 millimetres (24-1/2 inches) with the shortest side not exceeding 450 millimetres (ei...
