The next day Richard washed out the greasy tusche with solvent.
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"This stuff is as slow as molasses... in Jan-u-ary."

Richard laughed as he replaced the tusche with ashphaltum.  

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Then he washed off the gum arabic with water.

"It's going to be very dark... dark as my soul."
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Keeping the stone damp with water, Richard rolled ink on it.
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"It looks good ... I like."                                               
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Then he put a piece of paper on the stone, blotters on the paper, a greasey plastic tympan on the blotter, and ran them through the press.

 "Let's see what we get ...
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Richard's student, Jackie, watched while he printed.

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