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- 3. a person’s name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification
- 6. the process or art of cutting or carving a design on a hard surface, especially so as to make a print
- 9. press, a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium, thereby transferring the ink
- 12. printing from a hard raised image under pressure, using viscous ink
- 14. a system of money in general use in a particular country
- 15. detailed examination of the elements or structure of something
- 16. a relief printing plate cast in a mold made from composed type or an original plate
- 17. a place where money is coined, especially under state authority
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- 1. engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it
- 2. a mechanical process developed by Jacob Perkins in the early 1800s enabling the unlimited reproduction of engraved steel plates
- 4. an image produced from a photographic negative transferred to a metal plate and etched in
- 5. relating to or denoting the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime
- 7. a person whose job or business is commercial printing
- 8. a design incised or engraved into a material
- 10. the action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art
- 11. printing, commercial printing, widely used printing technique in which the inked image on a printing plate is printed on a rubber cylinder and then transferred
- 13. a sheet of metal, plastic, or some other material bearing an image of type or illustrations from which multiple copies are printed
- 14. a thing made to be similar or identical to another or matter to be printed
