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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 2019103, member: 19065&quot;]I couldn&#039;t bring myself to ink up the plate, plus it&#039;s going to print a reverse image, and damage the plate in the process. Wiping the plate with ink to fill the lines and polishing off the excess in the fields will add hairlines and destroy the collector value that seems inherent in how few of these you suggest remain together. </p><p><br /></p><p>The way you describe the plates, they seem to have ink rubbed into the engraved lines to show off their designs. These would have to be cleaned out and the plate polished in preparation of taking ink for printing, and even then, the plate was probably not properly etched/engraved to hold ink for printing. </p><p><br /></p><p>While it may yield an image from such a printing attempt, the line quality would probably underwhelm you compared to the properly engraved die plates you know and cherish so well. I would further expect no raised ink lines (embossed lines) as the line work is probably not deep enough to hold and deliver, under pressure, enough ink to paper. </p><p><br /></p><p>You already have a print of the plate in the set, but you could consider a high resolution scan of the plate if you hoped to make any &quot;impressions&quot; from them. Though scanning the plates would be harder than scanning the example of the printed note itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really enjoy looking at this set. Thanks again for taking the time to share it here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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