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Home > Metal Printing > Distinguishing Movable Metal > Distinguishing metal type printings from reprintings Distinguishing metal type printings from reprintings It is never easy to distinguish printings by various kinds of metal printing types. Korea was the kingdom of metal types, so it is natural that there are many different kinds of printings. There are also various kinds of reprintings that were printed by reversed and carved metal types. Therefore, first, we need to know how to distinguish original metal type printings from reprintings to identify various metal type printings. We also need to know how to distinguish metal type printings from wood-block printings and wood plate printings. It is not difficult to recognize these two different printings considering points below.