Fig. 10 shows the roller and slab used for inking the engraving when
taking a proof. A leather roller is best but difficult to make;
composition is generally used. An old method, the method of Caxton and
quite good, is to use a dabber. The ink is dabbed on instead of rolled on.
It can be easily made, a covering of thin leather filled with rags for
padding, which must be quite firm, being all that is required (Fig. 11).
[Fig. 11]