What does "relief printing" mean?

Any printing method in which the ink is laid upon the protruding parts of the printing form.

Relief printing

Common synonyms include: graphic arts, gravure, halftone engraving, letterpress, lithography, mimeograph.

noun

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Noun

1
Any printing method in which the ink is laid upon the protruding parts of the printing form. uncountable
2
printing from a plate with raised characters wordnet