What is the term for prints produced by printing from a plate or block multiple times?

• A. Engraving
• B. Lithography
• C. Screenprint
• D. Printing

Answer: (D)

In printmaking, repeating the transfer of ink from a plate or block to paper to produce multiple impressions creates a set of works that are described by the overall process itself: printing. The term emphasizes the collective outputs produced through the act of printing from a matrix, rather than naming a specific technique.

Engraving, lithography, and screenprinting are distinct methods for making prints—how the image is created on the plate or stencil—whereas printing is the general term for the process and its resulting copies when done multiple times. So the best fit for the term describing those prints is printing.