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Just a small correction about the records, the master isn’t printed. It’s a nickel negative made from electroplating the lacquer cut. The master is only used to make a few mothers, which are then used to make stampers. Those stampers make the actual pressings you buy.
https://www.audiomasterclass.com/blog/vinyl-record-manufacturing-lacquer-master-mother-stamper-and-pressings
The lacquer is actually the original of the record, unless you count the source tapes. It’s what was cut after mixing from the source recordings.