platen
n. அச்சகத்தில் அச்சுத்தாள் அழுத்துந் தகட்டுப்பாளம், தட்டச்சில் தாள் அழுத்துந் தகடு.
Plat"en, n. Etym: [F. platine, fr. plat flat. See Plate, and cf. Platin.] (Mach.) (a) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made. (b) Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression. (c) The movable table of a machine tool, as a planer, on which the work is fastened, and presented to the action of the tool; -- also called table.