The artist draws an image with oily ink onto a piece of stone or other flat surface.

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The area where the original image was drawn will then attract the oily printer's ink.

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The image almost looks more like a pen-and-ink drawing than a photograph.

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Finally, when the block is ready to be used, it is covered with ink and pressed by hand onto paper to print the final image.

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