foundry proof

noun

, Printing.

1. a proof pulled for a final checking before printing plates are made.

foundry proof

noun

1. printing a proof taken from a forme before duplicate plates are made from it

Example Sentences

He had read the galley proofs, the page proofs, and now at last the black-bordered foundry proofs.

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The foundry proofs are the last proofs pulled.

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A few more months will suffice to blur the memory of those irrevocable, nauseating foundry proofs.

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