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

Example Sentences

Mr. A. Fisch advises to discard the preliminary washing and to develop just on the removal of the proofs from the printing frame.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

As a rule, it is advantageous to cover the printing frame with tissue paper, whatever be the quality of the negatives.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

If there is one clear break across the glass, but not through the film, place the negative in the printing frame, pushing the broken edges closely together, holding them while adjusting the sensitive paper.

From Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 by Various

Fasten in the printing frame, and print in a diffused light—that is, not in the direct rays of the sun.

From Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 by Various

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 Sykes, Frederick Hugh, Sir