Platen is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 143 anagrams from letters in platen (aelnpt).
1400-50; earlier platyne, late Middle English plateyne chalice cover Middle French platine. See plate1, -ine1
The work itself is attached either directly or indirectly to the table or platen P.
The type came out bright as new and the old ink dissolved readily from the platen and roller.
The platen had a spiral groove on its surface, like the disk.
The idea of replacing the platen by a cylinder was not a new one.
With platen presses the first pressing may be done by screws, but the final pressing should be accomplished by hydraulic presses.
The lower side of the platen was covered with a soft "packing" or "blanket" of cloth.
In others, the platen was hinged to the bed, but in all of them the mechanism was complicated.
These he pasted on the platen over the letters whose impression had been too faint.
The spindle-head, platen and saddle can also be adjusted from the end of the machine, when this is more convenient.
The screw was then turned down until the platen pressed the paper against the inked type, and produced a printed sheet.