abstract:In engraving, a counterproof is a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of the plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate.
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a reverse impression of a newly printed proof of an engraving made by laying it while wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press 反转打样
[printing]