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Platen   /plˈætən/   Listen
Platen

noun
1.
Work table of a machine tool.
2.
The flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type.
3.
The roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike.





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"Platen" Quotes from Famous Books



... regarding the history and mechanical construction of platen printing presses, from the original hand press to the modern job press, to which is added a chapter on automatic presses of small size. 51 pp.; illustrated; 49 ...
— Capitals - A Primer of Information about Capitalization with some - Practical Typographic Hints as to the Use of Capitals • Frederick W. Hamilton
... rarely met with to-day; see 84, 7.) Goethe's more popular ballads as Erlknig or der Knig in Thule offer good examples of this freer technique. Above all, however, Heine made use of this principle, while Platen, whom later German verse tends to follow in this respect (e.g., Meyer and Liliencron), espoused ...
— A Book Of German Lyrics • Various


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