A flat portion of a letterpress printing press that carries the substrate to be printed and lowers it onto the inked typeform, or printing plate, under enough pressure to effectively transfer the ink. See Letterpress: Platen Press.
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A flat portion of a letterpress printing press that carries the substrate to be printed and lowers it onto the inked typeform, or printing plate, under enough pressure to effectively transfer the ink. See Letterpress: Platen Press.