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noun

a method of printing almost any color by using a limited number of separate color plates, as yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in combination.

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Origin of process printing

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby process printing

processional, processionary, processionary moth, processive, processor, process printing, process server, process theology, procès-verbal, prochein ami, pro-Chinese

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How to use process printing in a sentence

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
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In the process, we get straightjacketed into emotionally distant, competitive lives.
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Or how much richer a few rich Mexicans are going to get in the process?
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Then we all have to do our part to engage the officers and our community, and hold everyone accountable in the process.
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“The process of getting the approval is too slow and is too cumbersome,” Rogers said.
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On certain of the stems the fertile cone appears and the spores are ripened about June, after which the process withers.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
By the second process, it is made to the advantage of the issuer of the notes to hasten their withdrawal himself.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Edwin Clayhanger invited me to go over the printing-works at half-past six, and it's twenty-five minutes to seven now.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
The quickening of one part of the process necessitated the "speeding up" of all the others.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for process printing

process printing

noun

a method of making reproductions of a coloured picture, usually by using four halftone plates for different coloured inks

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