printing frame

American  

noun

Photography.

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of printing frame

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

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printing frame

Use a deep printing frame with a screw pressure to secure absolute contact, which is known by iridescent markings appearing on the glass of the printing frame.

From Photogravure by Henry R. Blaney

At the beginning of the Dardanelles operations our apparatus consisted of one camera, a printing frame and a dark room lamp.

From Aviation in Peace and War by Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes

Exposing the Tissue.—The tissue can be exposed behind the negative in an ordinary printing frame, or in special frames having no joint in the back, as no image is visible.

From Photogravure by Henry R. Blaney

In using printing-out papers care should be taken to place the printing frame in the same position and angle after each examination.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

In making the copy, the drawing to be copied is put in a photographic printing frame, and the negative paper laid on it, and then exposed in the usual manner.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford

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