printing frame

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.

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Etymology

Origin of printing frame

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

In using printing-out papers care should be taken to place the printing frame in the same position and angle after each examination.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

Fasten in the printing frame, and print in a diffused light—that is, not in the direct rays of the sun.

From Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 by Various

In making the copy, the drawing to be copied is put in a photographic printing frame, and the negative paper laid on it, and then exposed in the usual manner.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle

Exposing the Tissue.—The tissue can be exposed behind the negative in an ordinary printing frame, or in special frames having no joint in the back, as no image is visible.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

It should then be put in the printing frame in the same way as the cyanotype paper and exposed to the sun.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by Elverson, James