This image is pulled directly from a freshly inked proof rather than from the printing plate itself. Because the ink transfers from paper to paper, the resulting image is a mirror reflection of the original proof, matching the exact orientation of the engraving or plate surface. Engravers use this technique to check their work in progress without having to mentally reverse the image.
Heard on the job
Pull a counterproof of that etching so I can see exactly where I need to deepen the lines on the copper.
Also heard as
- maculature