写しゃ真しん版ばん

noun

photographic plate; photogravure plate; photostat

Technical term in printing and photography for a plate or print made by a photographic process. Covers both the physical plate and the resulting print.

• この本ほんの挿さし絵えは写しゃ真しん版ばんで印いん刷さつされている。

  The illustrations in this book are printed by photogravure.

• 古ふるい写しゃ真しん版ばんをデジタル化かして保ほ存ぞんする。

  Digitize and preserve old photographic plates.