I find the wording of this form confusing. What should I write next to "Signed" and "Print"?
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I find the wording of this form confusing. What should I write next to "Signed" and "Print"?
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"Print" in this context refers to this definition (from Wiktionary):
It's conventional to use your (usually cursive) signature as a personally-identifiable mark. But many people's signatures look more like squiggles than actually legible text. So forms usually ask you to write out your name in block letters — letters that look like printed text (the blue-pen letters in the picture are an example of block letters) — next to your signature.
Thus, in this case, you put your signature on the first line, and then write your name on the second line.
Similarly, when a form says "Please print" in the instructions, it's referring to the same definition.