plate mark

American  

noun

1. hallmark.

2. a mark made on paper by the edge of an intaglio plate during printing.

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Etymology

Origin of plate mark

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Crucially, the arrow is inside the plate mark, thus violating the fidelity of the reproduced print.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020

You have to sign the print, outside the plate mark, and then number it.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2020

Apply this pattern to the back of the goat plate, mark around it and cut out, leaving the opening a little smaller than pattern.

From Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Farnham, Albert B.

The smartest, at present, is that with a raised margin—or plate mark.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily

Where certain etchings and engravings had been copied by the Brooklyn Photogravure Co., omitting the tints, plate mark and title, it was held in 1892, in Fishel v.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers