Definitions of platen in English
noun
(1) Work table of a machine tool
(2) The flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type
(3) The roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
Examples of platen in English
(1) I'd set it up on the desk in my bedroom and feed a couple of sheets of paper down behind the platen roller.
(2) Strangely I feel this too with the early poems, a sense of deliberation, you can almost hear the typewriter keys hit the paper on the platen .
(3) Expect to spend at least a grand on one, if not more, depending on the size of the heat element and platen .
(4) The pressman pulled on the bar, causing the platen to press the tympan on the inked type and taking the impression.
(5) Its 207-ton moving platen is the third largest nodular iron casting in the world.
(6) The first power-driven platen press was developed about 1822.
(7) All these prototypes were shaped into panels of various commercial thicknesses with a steam-heated platen press.
(8) Crack open any inkjet, and you'll find the same parts - paper feed, platens , optical tracking tape, and so on.
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