lithotype

• ⇰ An etched stone surface for printing, having the design in relief; also, the process of printing from such a surface, or that which is printed from it.
• ⇰ A machine, with a keyboard like that of a typewriter, for making a lithographic transfer sheet. It produces a perforated strip of paper which controls the printing.

• ⇰ To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy>.