Platen

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

2. Hence, an analogous part of a typewriter, on which the paper rests to receive an impression.

3. 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.