Test print

Under test print is defined as the final pressure before starting the actual intended for trade edition of prints , or for postage stamps, the Postal Service provided Stamps .

The test print serves to check the printing form again . The final determination of the printing color is then also made. Every now and then it happens that proofs are also sold as highly valued rarities , which are very much sought after by collectors .

In manual printmaking , such test prints are called Épreuves d'état (French for state prints ); the "Contre-Épreuve" (French for back pressure is created) when the still wet paper sheet of the proof is laid a second sheet and using the printing press will Footprint t again, Contre-Épreuve then corresponds to the image on the original printing plate , is therefore not reversed, like the original graphic . Such prints make it easier for the engraver or the artist to correct the work on the printing plate and are usually not intended for the actual art trade.

A test print should not be confused with a proof , essay , print test or a machine test.