When, in 1970, she threw an aluminium printing plate from the fourth-floor balcony of a building, it marked a new beginning instead.

In the offset lithography process, the mechanicals would be photographed with a stat camera to create a same-size film negative for each printing plate required.

The three digits state sequential printing plates. 001, for example, would be the first printing plate created by the printer.

They function as a transfer vehicle, picking up ink from the printing plate, and transferring it to the part (substrate).

During the printing of stamps for booklets, the pages of stamps are usually printed in multiples from a larger printing plate.