artotype

[ahr-tuh-tahyp]

noun

Printing.

1. collotype.

Word History and Origins

Origin of artotype¹

First recorded in 1875–80; art ¹ + -o- + type

Example Sentences

If we succeed, brass stamps will never be used any more in the Christian world"; "Look into that Bierstadt Artotype business, & see what figure a body can buy into at"; "I wish to God I could get a good pen.

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Whatever the name may be,—Collotype, Artotype, Albertype, Phototype, or Carbon-gravure,—the principle is the same; an impression is made in printer's ink from a photo-chemically produced design on a gelatine surface, either on the hand-press or on a power cylinder press similar to that used in lithographic printing.

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