platemaker

noun

plate·​mak·​er ˈplāt-ˌmā-kər 

: a machine for making printing plates and especially offset printing plates

platemaking

ˈplāt-ˌmā-kiŋ 

noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

In my business, newspaper publishing, work that had been done by dozens of skilled and specialized workers (compositors, paste-up artists, camera operators, platemakers) could suddenly be done by one person sitting at a computer. —Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 19 Jan. 2018

In my business, newspaper publishing, work that had been done by dozens of skilled and specialized workers (compositors, paste-up artists, camera operators, platemakers) could suddenly be done by one person sitting at a computer. —Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 19 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above