let|ter|press

let|ter|press
let|ter|press «LEHT uhr PREHS», noun.
1. printed words, as distinguished from illustrations, and other matter; print.
2. printing from type, or from relief plates, as distinguished from offset, lithography, or photogravure, and the like; relief printing.
a machine to make copies of letters.

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