Term: Impress

Impressing is to indent or alter the surface of of a support (especially paper). When the surface is changed by pressing an object into it, you can say your are making an impression of the same.

A variety of tools can be used to make impressions; almost any object with a hard pointed end can be used for this purpose (such as, a burnisher, pencil, paint brush handle, or fingernail). 

In contrast, when printing the term "impression" describes a single piece of paper on which an image has been placed.