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Home > Metal Printing > Composing Type and Printing > Arranging the types Arranging the types To publish books using metal types, the types are to be arranged in the printing plates. There are two different ways to arrange metal types. The one is to arrange the types on the printing plates of the fixed molds. The printing plates are connected by all parts and also laid by wax. On the other hand, the printing plates used in the other way are not connected by all parts. According to the related records, Kookjin Oh reenacted the process of arranging types like below.