The tool being used is called a stamp or a roller
Form is 3 dimensional and shape is 2 dimensional.
Answer 1. im preety sure its sydication of news columns
Answer2. automated printing presses were made
Intaglio printmaking can be dated back to the "Sumerian" people, around the year of 3000 BCE. The name itself however is relatively new, coming from the Latin "intagliare" which means "to cut"