printing frame

noun Photography.

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.

Nearby words

printer's mark, printer's ream, printery, printhead, printing, printing frame, printing ink, printing office, printing paper, printing press, printless

Origin of printing frame

First recorded in 1870–75

Examples from the Web for printing frame

Generally a lever press is so made that the printing-frame can be raised or lowered according to the thickness of the stone.
The Invention of Lithography|Alois Senefelder
It is far better to have a printing-frame that is so fixed that it will never shift its position in the slightest degree.
The Invention of Lithography|Alois Senefelder
The printing-frame must have a clear glass which just fits it.
Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895|Various
Above the cylinder is a board on which is fastened the stone with the printing-frame.
The Invention of Lithography|Alois Senefelder

No vestige of an outline appeared on removal from the printing-frame.
The Evolution of Photography |John Werge