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Step three ...

Now the engraver would ink the copperplate with black ink, and press dampened sheets of paper onto the copperplate in a printing press.  The great pressure would allow the dampened paper to enter into the small etchings where it absorbed the ink. Since the copperplate was smaller than the paper, in most cases, its edges would leave a plate impression around the image.  Here is what the image would look like after being pulled off the plate.  Note that the image is now properly oriented, and ready to be colored in.

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