overprint
Print atop print
To overprint is to print additional text or images on top of something already printed.
Stamps are often overprinted with new values or commemorative markings: The stamps were overprinted to mark the coronation.
In printing, overprint also refers to laying one color over another without knocking out the background—a technique that affects how colors interact on the page.
The noun overprint denotes the added printing itself.
Study of postal stamps
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- postmarkDated mailing imprint
- surchargeExtra fee added
- commemorativeHonoring past events
definitive · airmail · denomination · revaluation · provisional · postal · collector · mint
Compensate by opposing force
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- pressApply force downward
- impressionEffect on the mind
- proofDemonstration of truth
plate · substrate · registration · bleed · trapping · prepress · proofing · color-matching
Display or barrier
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- transferMove between locations
- digitalOf discrete data
pigment · reactive · resist · registration · repeat · colorfast · fabric · garment
Handwritten name for verification
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- binderyBook assembly facility
- finishingBringing to completion
folding · collating · gathering · gripper · web · pagination
philately
Study of postal stamps
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- postmarkDated mailing imprint
- surchargeExtra fee added
commemorative · definitive · airmail · denomination · revaluation · provisional · postal · collector · mint · cancelled
offset
Compensate by opposing force
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- pressApply force downward
- impressionEffect on the mind
proof · plate · substrate · registration · bleed · trapping · prepress · proofing · color-matching · halftone
screen
Display or barrier
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- transferMove between locations
digital · pigment · reactive · resist · registration · repeat · colorfast · fabric · garment · placement
signature
Handwritten name for verification
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- binderyBook assembly facility
finishing · folding · collating · gathering · gripper · web · pagination
cyan
Blue-green hue
tint · gradation · pigment · colorant · separation · process · spot · duotone · tritone · ink
- mailletter, letters, mail, email, envelope
- printing termsinkjet, press, toner, ink, CMYK
- stampsstamp, stamps, commemorative stamps, mint stamps, used stamps
- prepresspreflighting, preflight check, CMYK, cyan, yellow
- stamp featuresillustration, engraving, typography, border, frame
- textile printingsilkscreen, woodblock, flat screen
overprintfirst impression
Instant assessment of someone
underprint · unprinted · original print · blank · clean sheet