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platen
n.
roller used to press paper against ink; roller in a dot matrix printer which feeds the paper through the printer (Computers)
Platen
A
platen (or
platten) is typically a flat
metal (or earlier,
wooden) plate pressed against a medium (such as
paper) to cause an impression in
letterpress printing. Platen may also refer to a
typewriter roller which friction-feeds paper into position below the
typebars or print head.
platen
Noun
1. work table of a machine tool
(hypernym) table
2. the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
(hypernym) plate
3. the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
(hypernym) roller
plaat (de)
n.
plate, breastplate, sheet, plaque, slab, record, disc, disk, picture, illustration, print, flagstone, shelf
Platen
(n.)
The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
(n.)
The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.
(n.)
Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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