tempering temperature or higher f i 480 u00b0 c by a so called vacuum arc between a negative poled cathode and a positive poled anode with low voltage of about 20 v and high current intensity of about 100 a in the vacuum chamber for deposition of titanium nitride the cathode consists of titanium which is vaporized and ionized and accelerated by the arc further the reactive gas component nitrogen is introduced into the vacuum chamber the wear resistant layer should exhibit a thickness of about 5 7 u03bcm after cooling the base member 1 thus provided with layers 3 and 4 and after the vapor deposition of the layer 4 the vapor deposition layer is likewise superficially polished in this manner the engraved plate or roll is equipped with a wearproof layer of about 3000 hv this engraved roll or plate can be manufactured in a reproducible fashion by following this procedure in the fragmentary schematic structure of an engraved plate or roll illustrated in fig2 the base member 1 is likewise provided with the engraved surface 2 on the surface 2 a first interlayer 3a of a nickel phosphorus alloy is autocatalytically deposited in a layer thickness of about 5 u03bcm optionally after required cleaning processes a chromium layer 3b having a thickness of 5 u03bcm is electrolytically applied thereon and the surface cleaned and polished then the engraved coated base member 1 3a 3b is tempered by heat treatment under vacuum at temperatures of preferably up to 400 u00b0 c and subsequently as described in the embodiment according to fig1 a wear resistant layer 4 is vapor deposited thereon made up for example of titanium nitride or titanium.