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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (51610)	6/1/2000 2:48:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Litho plates mount on something like that, they are very thin, and the ends are bent around the edges so that they can't move around, and are held in place by clamps, but every litho press I've ever seen uses steel, because they get wet. Offset printing uses water and ink at the same time, the water repels the ink. I think rotogravure does not use water, and 19th century rotogravure used copper. I've seen etched metal plates, etched with acid, that curved, I've never seen cast linotype that could be bent. It is on lead, maybe it can bend, but not in the direction it would need to to fit the cylinder, IMO.