platemaker
noun
plate·mak·er
ˈplāt-ˌmā-kər 
: a machine for making printing plates and especially offset printing plates
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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.
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Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 19 Jan. 2018
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Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 19 Jan. 2018
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“Platemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platemaker. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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