A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Bed
In typographic presses the bed is a kind of table made of cast iron, a synthetic material, or steel that is perfectly level and on which are placed the printing forms [*wood, press]. The same term is used, by extension, to designate the flat surface of an intaglio press on which the printer places the plate to be printed.
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