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Printing methods

Required for adhesive stamp records. Stewards maintain this vocabulary; new values may be added by Steward decision without a spec amendment.

Country codesCurrency codesRevenue subclassesPrinting methods
CodeMethodNotes
INTAGLIOIntaglioRecess/engraved printing from an incised plate
LITHOGRAPHYLithographyPrinted from a flat surface, including offset lithography
TYPOGRAPHYTypographyLetterpress/relief printing from raised type or plates
PHOTOGRAVUREPhotogravurePhotomechanical recess printing, also called rotogravure
EMBOSSINGEmbossingRaised, typically inkless impression
SCREEN-PRINTINGScreen printingInk forced through a stencilled mesh screen
THERMOGRAPHYThermographyRaised-ink printing produced by heat-fused powder
DIGITALDigitalDigital or inkjet printing
COMBINATIONCombinationDocumented mixed-process printing (e.g. engraved and typographed)

Printing method codes appear in the record's metadata, not in the OSID string itself.