Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1919 — Chinese Use Ancient Method Of Printing and Engraving [ARTICLE]

Chinese Use Ancient Method Of Printing and Engraving

The > Chinese follow the primitive way of printing from engraved wooden blocks. The matter to be printed is first written, by means of ink, upon paper, which Is pasted face downward upon a block of a pear or plum tree. After the paper becomes dry It is rubbed & until an inverted impression of the characters is Heft. Then the blank spaces are cut away and the block Is turned over to the printer, who works by hand. He takes care to ink the characters equally and to avoid tearing the impression.