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albumen paper

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noun

Photography.
  1. a printing paper coated with albumen, salt, and citric acid and sensitized with silver nitrate, used c1850–80.


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I have got good results by such processes on albumen paper, the albumen tending to prevent mealiness in the print; also on paper soaked in gelatine before the application of the bichromic solution.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

The gelatine papers have almost entirely taken the place of the albumen paper, a paper which was always hard for the amateur to handle.

From Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 by Various

Fuming albumen paper makes it easier to print and tone.

From Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 by Various

Another plan recommended, as giving a surface resembling albumen paper, is to paste the back of the print without moistening the surface, and so mount.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

This plan looks, at first sight, like that recommended for albumen paper, and called "dry" mounting.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

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