Flat Bed Press

flatbed press, printing press employing a flat surface for the type or plates against which paper is pressed, either by another flat surface acting reciprocally against it or by a cylinder rolling over it. It may be contrasted to the rotary press (q.v.), which has a cylindrical printing surface.Flatbed digital printers usually use UV curable inks made of acrylic monomers that are then exposed to strong UV-light to cure, or polymerize them. This process allows for printing on a wide variety of surfaces such as wood or canvas, carpet, tile, and even glass. Flatbed scanners look and work something like office copiers. 2. Several at the scene said low flatbed trucks had been stuck at the crossing in the pastAlso called flatbed trailer, flatbed truck . a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes.flat•bed. n. a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes. Also called flat′bed trail′er, flat′bed truck′.