Category:Platen

Plat"en, n. Etym: [f. platine, fr. plat flat. See plate, and cf. Platin.] (mach.) (a) the part of a printing press which presses the paper against the Type and by which the impression is made. (b) hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper Rests to receive an impression. (c) the movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the Work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also Called table.