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Fixed type engraved printing was troublesome primarily due to its inflexibility and labor-intensive nature. Each character had to be meticulously carved into metal or wood, making it time-consuming and costly to produce and modify texts. Additionally, errors required entire types to be remade, and the heavy, rigid nature of the materials used made adjustments difficult. This limited the speed and efficiency of the printing process compared to more flexible methods that emerged later, such as movable type.

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