印刷版面准备用作印刷表面的一片金属，塑料，橡胶，纸板或其它材料，例如电版或铅版。

A sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, paperboard, or other material prepared for use as a printing surface, such as an electrotype or a stereotype.

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铅字排版时，排版人员使用的是一个一个的小铅字，将其逐个按文字顺序摆放拼成可用于印刷的铅版。

During typesetting of types, the typesetting operator shall adopt a number of small types and arrange them according to a word sequence to form a stereotype for printing.

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