overprint
overprint
Definition
over·print (ō′vər print′; also, and for n.always, ō′vər print′)
transitive verb
to print over or on top of (a previously printed surface)
noun
- anything overprinted
- anything officially printed over the original design on a stamp
- a stamp so overprinted
overprint
Usage Examples
Object
- card: Cards supplied blank for overprinting The cards shown below are supplied blank with envelopes.
- stamp: Some of the stamps overprinted Official have the overprint at the top while others have it at the bottom.
- map: All the controls are shown on an overprinted map.
- service: We offer an overprinting service for many of our products at economical rates.
- stationery: Unlike many other school suppliers, we manufacture your overprinted stationery ourselves on purpose-built machines.
- page: Please note that both files have a watermark overprinting each page.
Subject
- development: Some of ridges were streamlined and overprinted by subsequent drumlin development, while others remained unaffected.
Modifies a noun
- detail: Q: Is there a word limit applied to the card's overprint details?
- option: Since you're using object-specific overprint options, be sure to select the Preserve Document Overprints option.
- varnish: Most overprint varnishes are covered by the acrylic, polyester and alkyd approaches described under ' Coatings ' , of course without any pigmentation.
Modifying Another Word
- then: These maps are then overprinted with trenches or other detail.
Infinitive complement
- show: The Michelin road maps in the 1:200 000 scale series are overprinted to show the location of each Commonwealth cemetery and memorial.
Preposition: in
- red: On the back is an overprint in red in five lines reading ' Franco-British Exhibition / 1908. / Diploma of Honor.
- color: The 5kg product is packed into clear plastic bags that are overprinted in a blue background color.
Preposition: with
- logo: Orders of 200 or more Apollo lighters can be overprinted with a logo, making them ideal corporate or promotional gifts.
- word: Half the sheet was overprinted with the words ' Travel Agents Visit 1977 ' and the other half with ' Visit Nova Scotia ' .
Preposition: by
- development: Some of ridges were streamlined and overprinted by subsequent drumlin development, while others remained unaffected.
- company: Two-thirds of small-scale venues preferred to get blank print if overprinting by the company was out of the question.
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