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Old 09-23-2012, 09:38 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Charleston View Post
Wouldn't a printing plate be reverse image? Or is it on the other side?
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Big web presses are offset, so the ink is transferred from the plate to a rubber surface and then onto the paper. So the plate never really came into contact with the newsprint.

If you're doing a traditional print like an etching, litho, woodcut etc... the image is drawn in reverse as the paper makes direct contact with the art.

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