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- Instance of
- printmaking
- Subclass of
- intaglio printing
- Image
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- Commons category
- Intaglio (printmaking)
- intangible cultural heritage status
- National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France
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- History and development
- Process and components
- Engraved cylinder
- Process
- Features
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- See also
- Notes
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thumb|Diagram of rotogravure process
Rotogravure (or gravure for short) is a type of intaglio printing process, which involves engraving the image onto an image carrier. In gravure printing, the image is engraved onto a cylinder because, like offset printing and flexography, it uses a rotary printing press.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rotogravure” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.