On an offset press, for example, since the information to be printed is burned onto metal plates, it cannot be altered.

FORBES: Hot type

Let cool for two minutes, transfer onto four serving plates, and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and a little cinnamon if desired.

NPR: Perfect Pear Tartlets

Spoon the succotash onto warmed dinner plates.

NPR: Recipes: 'The Herbal Kitchen'

It involves exercises such as the farmer's walk, a tug of war against weighted plates, and hanging onto a towel for a given amount of time.

BBC: Clive Stuart-Smith column

At the time, no one except, presumably, the cook cared that the kitchen was hot and smelly, or that she had to climb onto a chair or a stepladder to fetch the plates, or crouch on the floor to reach into the cabinets where she kept her pots and pans.

NEWYORKER: A Fork of One��s Own