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    $\begingroup$ That is printing $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 16:55
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for your insightful answer. But is it writing? I searched for what you said, and found this: britannica.com/art/printmaking/Lithography#ref397227 . $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 17:08
  • $\begingroup$ @JoeW Maybe I should have included back reading. /A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink./ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 17:09
  • $\begingroup$ @JayadevanVijayan - my proposal is essentially a lithograph. It can be automated and meets your 4 criteria as regards the end product. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 17:11
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    $\begingroup$ I think you're on to it with the second part. Similar to a printing press, you would be laying a track of letters to tell the mechanical pen how to move. There may be several different "a" letters, depending on what came before it and what comes after, to keep the track smoothly connected. You could still do dots and spaces, I think, by having areas of the track that lift the pen from the paper while still guiding it on its journey. It would be painstaking to lay but once laid, it can print (write!) as many times as you want copies of the page. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 19, 2022 at 21:24