Flat platform with a variety of roles in printing or manufacturing
For other uses, see Platen (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Paten.
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Section of a platen printing press in use. The platen is the sturdy plate which applies the pressure to the paper and type.
A platen (or platten) is a platform with a variety of roles in printing or manufacturing. It can be a flat metal (or earlier, wooden) plate pressed against a medium (such as paper) to cause an impression in letterpress printing.[1] Platen may also refer to a typewriter roller which friction-feeds paper into position below the typebars or print head. It can refer to the glass surface of a copier, and the rotating disk used to polish semiconductor wafers.
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intended for such work, it most commonly refers to a class of small, vertical platen presses. Depending on the time period when the machine was made, they may...
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making a printed mark on the paper wrapped around a cylindrical platen. The platen was mounted on a carriage that moved horizontally to the left, automatically...
ink for the next sheet. Meanwhile, a sheet of paper slid against a hinged platen (see image), which then rapidly pressed onto the type and swung back again...
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