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Webster 1913 Edition
Platen
Plat′en
,Noun.
(Mach.)
(a)
The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
(b)
Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
(c)
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Platen
PLAT'EN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
platen
platen
See also: plåten
English
Noun
platen (plural platens)
- (printing) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- The part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression.
- The movable table of a planer or other machine tool, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool.
- The flat glass surface of a scanner or photocopier on which operators place items to be scanned.