platemaker

American  

[pleyt-mey-ker] / ˈpleɪtˌmeɪ kər /

noun

Printing.

1. a machine that makes plates used for reproducing illustrations or printed matter, especially halftone or etched illustrations.

2. the operator of such a machine.

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Etymology

Origin of platemaker

1250–1300; Middle English, as surname meaning “armorer”; see plate ¹, maker

Example Sentences

With $5,000 borrowed from an uncle, they leased an Itek platemaker that could produce low-cost offset printing plates in just under a minute.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the time Herald completed its tenth year we had a formidable team with players like Tulsidas, Jason, Alaric, Jose, Domnic, Pradeep, our platemaker, and Vilas Sarang who never made it to the team.

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