platen
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Etymology edit
From French platine, from plat (“flat”). See plate, and compare platin.
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platen (plural platens)
- (printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 382:
- And the form is inked, the paper is applied, the bed is slid, and the platen is levered down and the proof is printed.
- The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
- The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.
- The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.
Translations edit
part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper
movable table of a planer or other machine tool
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flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier
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platen m or f
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platen