He abraded and cut into the glass surface, which was then inked and printed onto paper under pressure in an etching press.
For that reason, vitreographs are always printed on an etching press, whose rigid bed will support the glass plate firmly.
The image is transferred to dampened paper under pressure in an etching press.
Like intaglio vitreographs, waterless lithographs on glass plates are transferred to paper in an etching press.
When this process is completed, the plate is ready for printing and is placed on the bed of the etching press.
Eventually he bought his own etching press and hired a full-time master printer.
The etchings were printed first on an etching press followed by the text printed on a flatbed machine.
The fine-graded colored matrices, exactly fitted one above the other, are passed alternately through an etching press.
Wellington studio is a 'homage' to the art of printmaking, with five restored antique etching presses, housed in a converted Victorian coach house.
It was at this time that he bought an etching press and taught himself printmaking, in his rare free time.