Printing Technology Terminology

noun a process of preparing a printing surface by photographically transferring an image to a metal plate or other material

• The book was beautifully illustrated with intricate photoengraving techniques.
• I love how they used photoengraving to make the pictures in the magazine look so cool.
• Check out this photoengraving on my new skateboard deck - it's sick!
• The artist used photoengraving as a metaphor for the layers of complexity in the human experience.

noun a process for reproducing printed materials using electrostatic means

• Xerography is a commonly used method for photocopying documents in offices.
• I'm going to use xerography to make copies of these papers.
• I'll just xerox this using xerography.
• His mind worked like a xerography machine, copying every detail he saw.