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"Platen" Definition

noun

A flat plate or rolling cylinder in a printing press that positions the paper and holds it against the inked type.
Computer Science The roller in a printer against which the print head strikes.
The glass surface of a flatbed scanner.
The roller in a typewriter that serves as the backing for the paper against which the type bars strike.
A flat .