[f. Gr. τρῦπα hole, τρυπᾶν to perforate + -GRAPH.] A kind of printing done by means of a paper stencil made by writing with a stylus on paper placed over a finely roughened steel surface so as to produce minute perforations. So Trypographic a., of the nature of, pertaining to, or made by such printing.
1883. R. Haldane, Workshop Receipts, Ser. II. 191/2. This kind of printing is called ‘trypograph.’… Calico receives the trypographic impression admirably.
