The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word IMPRINTS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does IMPRINTS mean?
IMPRINTS noun- An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
- The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
- A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
- To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
- To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
- To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.