凸とっ版ぱん

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Meanings

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letterpress; relief printing

A printing technique where the image area is raised above the non-image area; common in traditional letterpress and flexography.

この本ほんは凸とっ版ぱん印いん刷さつで作つくられています。
This book is made using letterpress printing.
凸とっ版ぱんは、版はんの凸とつ部ぶにインクをつけて印いん刷さつする方ほう式しきです。
Relief printing is a method where ink is applied to the raised parts of the plate.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を凸とっ版ぱんで刷するto print something using the letterpress method
この名めい刺しは凸とっ版ぱんで刷すられている。
This business card was printed using the letterpress method.

Kanji

凸convex, beetle brow, uneven
版printing block, printing plate, edition

Opposites

凹おう版はん
凸版 uses a raised printing surface where the image stands above the plate, while 凹版 is the opposite technique where the image is engraved into recesses that hold the ink.

Don't confuse with

平へい版はん
凸版 and 平版 are both printing methods that learners mix up: 凸版 prints from a raised surface, while 平版 (like lithography) prints from a flat surface with no height difference between image and non-image areas.

Word family

凸とっ版ぱん印いん刷さつ
letterpress printing; relief printing
亜あ鉛えん凸とっ版ぱん
photoengraving; zinc etching
写しゃ真しん凸とっ版ぱん
phototype; photomechanical printing plate

Written forms

凸とっ版ぱんUsage86%
Standard kanji form; used in printing contexts.
トッパンUsage14%

Etymology

Compound of 凸 (convex, raised) and 版 (printing plate), describing a plate with raised printing surfaces.