Noun
using photography to produce a plate for printing
printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
Source: WordNetCylinder seals were a related form of early typography capable of printing small page designs in relief ( cameo ) on wax or clay—a miniature forerunner of rotogravure printing used by wealthy individuals to seal and certify documents. Source: Internet
There, every day thousands of pages are mechanically engraved onto rotogravure cylinders, typically a steel base with a copper layer of about 0.1 mm in which the image is transferred. Source: Internet