inker

Examples

• All

• The technician replaced the worn inker to stop streaks appearing on the printed posters.

• Modern printers often have a removable inker for easy maintenance and cleaning.

• The inker was malfunctioning during the print run.

• Can you check the inker before we start printing?

• The inker applies a smooth layer of ink to the printing plate to ensure a crisp image.

• In the printing shop, the inker carefully adjusted the machine to balance the ink flow for better results.

• During the comic book production, the inker added fine details to enhance the original pencil drawings.

Synonyms

I

inkpad

vsinker

1 3.4

A small pad soaked with ink used to put ink on a rubber stamp

is a pad used for stamping not a machine part in printing equipment

I

imprinter

vsinker

1 6.7

A person or machine that presses marks onto a surface

focuses on applying ink within printing equipment rather than general stamping

B

brayer

vsinker

• Specialized

9.5

A hand tool with a round rubber roller for spreading ink in printing

is a fixed machine part in larger printing equipment not a hand tool

I

inking pad

vsinker

3.7

A small block soaked with ink that you press a rubber stamp onto

has identical function but differs in word spacing or hyphenation

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology