rotogravure

Meaning

Noun

• A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
• A print made by such a method.
• A portion of a printed work produced by this method.

Origin

• From German Rotogravur, derived from the Berlin printing firm Rotogravur Deutsche Tiefdruck Gesellschaft, the name of which is conjectured to be a portmanteau of Rotophot and Deutshe Photogravur.