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It goes without saying that each of these three possibilities of printing necessitates presses of appropriate construction; thus, in the so-called platten press, the pressure is exerted vertically upon the block by the flat metal plate which comes down upon it, on the same principle as in the letter-press familiar to us all. All intaglio plates are printed in roller presses, in which the plate, laid on an iron bed, passes between two rollers, one above, one below, as in a clothes-wringer. The lithographic press, finally, has a traveling bed, which passes under a stationary flat piece of wood. During its passage under this wooden bar, the paper is firmly pressed down upon the stone, which would be crushed in the other types of presses.ssss1

ssss1 Lithographs made on metal plates may be printed in an intaglio press as well.

After this summary review of the technique of prints, let us consider, with what brevity we may, the great phases of development of the graphic arts.