planography

n.
A process for printing from a smooth surface, as lithography or offset.

planographic pla'no·graph'ic (plā'nə-grăf'ĭk) adj.
planographically pla'no·graph'i·cal·ly adv.

A method of body-section radiography that shows in detail structures lying in a predetermined plane of the body while blurring structures in other planes, produced by movement of the film and x-ray tube in certain specified directions. See also tomography.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent)
  Synonym: planographic printing

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