Gravure vs. Rotogravure

Gravurenoun

A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.

Gravurenoun

(Japan) A style of Japanese softcore; glamour photography.

Gravurenoun

a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print

Gravurenoun

a printing plate used in the process of gravure

Gravurenoun

an intaglio print produced by gravure

Gravurenoun

intaglio printing

Gravurenoun

short for photogravure

Rotogravurenoun

A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.

Rotogravurenoun

A print made by such a method.

Rotogravurenoun

A portion of a printed work produced by this method.

Rotogravurenoun

printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press

Rotogravurenoun

printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press

Rotogravurenoun

using photography to produce a plate for printing

Rotogravure

Rotogravure (or gravure for short) is a type of intaglio printing process, which involves engraving the image onto an image carrier. In gravure printing, the image is engraved onto a cylinder because, like offset printing and flexography, it uses a rotary printing press.