surface-printing

American  

[sur-fis-prin-ting] / ˈsɜr fɪsˌprɪn tɪŋ /

noun

1. planography.

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Etymology

Origin of surface-printing

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Typography, or surface-printing, is the process employed in the production of our current British stamps.

From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Johnson, Stanley Currie

But surface-printing being much less sharp and distinct than plate-printing, imperfect copies of notes for which that process is used are the more likely to escape detection.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various