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Also called:
Lithograph
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Lithography
duplicating machine
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multilith Lithography press on display in the Bavarian Office for Surveying and Geographic Information, Munich, Germany.

multilith

duplicating machine
Also known as: lithograph
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multilith, offset duplicating process that requires either chemically fixing copy on a metal sheet or preparing a paperlike master copy by typing, printing, or drawing (see lithography; offset printing).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.