The hand made test sample of any bespoke printed material for your approval to see and approve the depth, colour, scale, back cloth, etc. before it goes into production.
The cost of strike offs or hand trials will be deducted from a serious order.
(For a woven cloth this process is called a ‘hand trial’; it’s put together, often less securely than with the real thing, by hand, it being inefficient and unnecessary to set up the loom for a small amount.)