In the traditional printing, film is produced to the image setter and then to a metal printing plate.

在传统的印刷、电影制作先驱的形象，再到一个金属板印刷。

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With the adoption of metal printing and some new printing technology, woodblock printing gradually declined.

在近代金属制版和新的印制技术出现以后，木版年画又随之衰落。

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Industry in metal printing, metal printing has always been a quality problem, the frequency of various defects seriously affect the product quality and production efficiency.

在印铁行业中，印铁质量问题一直是一个难题，各种缺陷的频繁出现，严重影响产品质量及生产效率。

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But looking ahead, the metal printing technique could also be used to help miniaturise devices.

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Conveyor belts carried long, wafer-thin strips of metal into printing-press-like rollers, which coated them with electrode-active material.

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Phototypesetting could use a photographic image of fonts, rather than hot metal, to create the printing layout.

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