bromide paper

American  

noun

Photography.

1. a fast printing paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide: used mostly for enlargements.

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bromide paper British  

noun

1. a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide

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Etymology

Origin of bromide paper

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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bromide paper

One great objection to the use of bromide paper is that it must be handled in a dark-room.

From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by Tennant, John A.

Opposite was a drum covered with bromide paper.

From The Social Gangster by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

This is probably the best of all developers for pure black tones, but I cannot advise the novice to take it up in the early stages of his work with bromide paper.

From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by Tennant, John A.

He gives a formula for a bromide paper, which is treated with tannin in order to absorb the bromine set free during exposure, otherwise the darkening would be very slight.

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

Apart from the methods of procedure here given, there are innumerable modifications covering every detail of contact printing and enlarging on bromide paper.

From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by Tennant, John A.