contact printing
noun
the process of making contact prints.
Origin of contact printing
1First recorded in 1875–80
- Compare projection printing.
Words Nearby contact printing
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How to use contact printing in a sentence
From the large transparency a negative is produced by contact printing either upon a plate, or upon a piece of bromide paper.
The Barnet Book of Photography | VariousIf he confines himself to contact printing, he is restricted to the use of dry plates only.
Photography in the Studio and in the Field | Edward M. EstabrookeA much easier method, applicable to glass originals, is that of photographic reproduction by contact printing.
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