intaglio printing
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a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print
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Gravure main Gravure printing is an intaglio printing technique, where the image being printed is made up of small depressions in the surface of the printing plate.
Shortly before 1990, two groups working independently citation citation developed different ways of applying it to creating intaglio printing plates.