The roulette, a small, textured wheel attached to a handle, is a tool used in intaglio printmaking to produce shading or texture more quickly than a burin or needle. Repeatedly rolling a roulette over an area intensifies the density of the marks.

Offset refers to the transfer of a design to an intermediary surface before it is applied to the final print. Until this method was developed in the late 19th century, all prints were mirror images of their design. Especially useful when printing text, offset methods eliminate the image's reversal so that it directly corresponds to the original design.

Monotypes are unique impressions of a design painted by the artist on an otherwise untouched matrix. While other printmaking processes have been adapted for mechanical production methods, the monotype remains closely bound to the original artist for two reasons: because the design is painted by the artist and not interpreted by a middleman and because only one print is produced. In this sense, it is as singular and unique as an oil painting or watercolor.

Hand coloring is the technique of manually adding color to a print as opposed to creating a separate plate for each color used in a final print. Hand coloring allowed for individual variation between impressions and appealed to audiences with limited access to paintings, as well as artists who produced works in both painted and printed mediums.

Stencil prints result from a design overlaid on mesh so that ink only passes through certain areas.

Printmaking requires a matrix, such as metal, limestone, wood, or linoleum, to act as the surface on which an artist creates a design to be transferred. Before the late 19th century, most artists submitted their designs to a middleman (for example, an etcher, an engraver, or a woodblock carver) for execution onto the chosen matrix. Also, until the late 19th century, all prints were mirror images of their design—that is, they were the reverse of the original image.

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