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exemplar impression (synonym of exemplar or known and exemplar prints) exemplar or known (synonym of exemplar impression and exemplar prints) exemplar prints (synonym of exemplar impression and exemplar or known)

The deliberately recorded images or impressions from the friction ridge skin of an individual. 

NOTE Examples may include inked tenprints, inked palm prints, Livescan prints, powder and lift prints, casted/molded prints, or photographs of friction ridge skin.

Date Added to Lexicon
Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)
ASB Technical Report 012, Technical Report on the Articulation of the Reasoning and Foundational Principles Behind Friction Ridge Examinations. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2025. Source link
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