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platen
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A long, thin cylinder in a typewriter or printer that guides the paper through it and serves as a backstop for the printing mechanism to bang into. It is typically made of a hard rubber or rubber-like material. See carriage and typewriter.



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Guiding of the upper and lower platens is on the four corners instead of on-center directly in line with the toggles.
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The press's 19" x 19" platens accept all standard sample mold sizes.
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