overprinting
Printing over existing
Overprinting is printing additional material on something already printed—adding a stamp, date, or correction to an existing document, or layering one color over another in commercial printing.
In philately, overprinted stamps have new text or images added after original production, often to change denomination or commemorate events: The stamps were overprinted for the coronation.
Compensate by opposing force
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- screenprintingInk-through-mesh reproduction method
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- prepressPrint preparation stage
imposition · plate · halftone · knockout · trapping · choke · spread · wet-on-wet
Paper currency notes
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- securityProtection from threat
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
microprinting · counterfeit · hologram · denomination · authentication
Covering placed atop
- transparencyState of being see-through
- varnishLiquid that dries glossy
- coatingApplied surface covering
- tintFaint color addition
film · gloss · matte · lamination · flood · underprint · basecoat · topcoat
Faulty alignment between layers
- doublingMultiplying by two
- blurLack of sharpness
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
- shadowLight blocked by object
offset · smudge · bleed · feathering · muddy · contamination · shift · slur
Postal payment adhesives
- surchargeExtra fee added
- commemorativeHonoring past events
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- bisectDivide into two equal portions
offset
Compensate by opposing force
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- screenprintingInk-through-mesh reproduction method
- registrationFormal recording of participation
prepress · imposition · plate · halftone · knockout · trapping · choke · spread · wet-on-wet · opacity
banknotes
Paper currency notes
- serialOccurring in ordered succession
- watermarkTranslucent authentication mark
- securityProtection from threat
intaglio · microprinting · counterfeit · hologram · denomination · authentication
overlay
Covering placed atop
- transparencyState of being see-through
- varnishLiquid that dries glossy
- coatingApplied surface covering
tint · film · gloss · matte · lamination · flood · underprint · basecoat · topcoat · overcoat
misregistration
Faulty alignment between layers
shadow · offset · smudge · bleed · feathering · muddy · contamination · shift · slur · setoff
stamps
Postal payment adhesives
- surchargeExtra fee added
- commemorativeHonoring past events
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
bisect · cancellation · postmark · franking · revaluation
- hard to readblurry text, illegible, blurred, smudged, faded
- philatelystamps, postage stamps, stamp collecting, mint stamps, album
- screen printingsilkscreen, serigraphy, stencil, squeegee, mesh screen
- textile printingsilkscreen, woodblock, flat screen
- printingletterpress, lithographers, press, typographers, printers
- printmakingprints, woodcuts, woodcut, lithography, etchings
overprintingknockout
Incapacitating final blow
knocking out · reverse out · masking · reverse · trapping
print, printer, printing, printed, blueprint, imprint, reprint, fingerprint, reprinting