Just for the sake of accuracy, it wasn't that the plate was too dry, it was that the paper was too dry. A certain amount of moisture was needed in order for the ink to stick.
Yup. I call'em dry prints. And they are almost always from the edge of the sheet/pane, a really valuable plating aid. Of course in this extreme case it may not look very much like a normal print from the same position with respect to plating marks.
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