Planographic - The process to print impressions from a smooth surface rather than creating incised or relief areas on the plate. The term was devised to describe lithography.
Planographic: The technique for producing a lithograph is called planographic because the printing surface is a flat plane and is neither built up nor cut into.
Planographic
The design is created on a flat surface which has no perceptible variation in depth. The image is created on the surface of a stone or plate which is altered chemically (as in lithography) rather than dimensionally (i.e.
PLANOGRAPHIC - (prints & drawings) A type of printmaking where the ink is transferred to paper from a flat surface.
Planographic
Plaster
A calcium sulfate material that hardens when mixed with water. Used in ceramics for mold-making because it is absorbent and able to reproduce fine details.
A mechanical planographic process based on the chemical repellence of oil and water. Designs are drawn or painted with greasy ink or crayons on specially prepared limestone.
lithography A planographic printmaking technique based on the antipathy of oil and water. The image is drawn with a grease crayon or painted with tusche on a stone or grained aluminum plate.
Lithography involves a flat, lightweight, planographic surface on which the printing area is no higher than the nonprinting area; it depends for its action on the mutual repulsion of grease and water.
LITHOGRAPH - This printing technique uses a planographic process in which prints are pulled on a special press from a flat stone or metal surface.
Reproduction of type or cuts in metal; plastic; rubber; or other material; to form a plate bearing a relief; planographic or intaglio printing surface.
Plate Cylinder
Plate Finish ...
planography - A process for printing from a smooth surface. Lithography and offset are both planographic printing processes.
plaque
plaster or plaster of Paris ...
 See also: Lithograph, Plate, Lithography, Painting, Etching
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