adjective
- of or relating to a process that combines photography with mechanical printing techniques to reproduce images or text
Usage: technical; printing industry
Examples
- The photomechanical process allowed printers to reproduce photographs in newspapers with greater accuracy.
- Before digital printing, photomechanical methods were the standard for commercial reproduction.
- The museum displayed examples of photomechanical plates used in early 20th-century publishing.
- Photomechanical reproduction made it possible to mass-produce illustrated books affordably.