English Dictionary

overprint

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌpɹɪnt/

verb

To print over what has already been printed. / (transitive, philately) To add an overprint to (a stamp). / (transitive) To print too many copies of.

She accidentally overprinted the document with the wrong information.

意味（1）

To print over what has already been printed.

This is the way overprinting works on the ZX Spectrum: two papers or two inks give a paper, one of each gives an ink. This has the interesting property that if you overprint with the same thing twice you get back what you started off with.

意味（2）

(transitive, philately) To add an overprint to (a stamp).

意味（3）

(transitive) To print too many copies of.

The unpopular comic book was overprinted, leaving many retailers with dozens of unsaleable copies.

意味（4）

(printing) To overlap different colours to avoid gaps.