The paper is folded on the press
THE plates were attached to big drums on the press and ink was added which only stuck to the light sensitive coating, ie the text and picture areas of the plate.
A rubber blanket then ran over the plate, taking off a reversed image and then rolled over the paper, printing the correct finished image.
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