painalluksen

Painallus is a Finnish noun describing the act of applying pressure to produce an imprint or transfer, or the imprint itself that results from this action. The genitive form is painalluksen, and the plural form is painallukset, used when referring to multiple impressions.

The word is formed from the verb painaa, meaning to press, with the suffix -llus that marks an action or result. In everyday language, painallus is often distinguished from painatus, where painallus emphasizes the act of pressing and the resulting mark, while painatus refers more broadly to the printing process and its products.

In printing and graphic arts, a painallus refers to the impression produced when inked material is pressed onto a substrate, such as paper. In relief and intaglio printing, each press run yields a number of painallukset, and the quality of a painallus depends on factors such as pressure, ink transfer, and alignment between matrix and substrate.

Painallus is also used in crafts and manufacturing contexts involving stamping, embossing, or debossing on materials like leather or fabric, where a raised or recessed imprint is created by pressing. In a broader sense, the term can be used metaphorically to describe the lasting impact or influence of an event or decision, i.e., the imprint it leaves.

See also: painatus, painokone, embossing and stamping terms in Finnish literature.