printing paper

noun

, Photography.

1. sensitized paper for printing positives.

Word History and Origins

Origin of printing paper¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Pretty soon, the government took over the business of printing paper money, and it spread throughout China.

From Time

These papers are fed from rolls, as printing paper is fed to a newspaper press.

From Project Gutenberg

The sheets of printing paper are kept between these while damping before work.

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A batch of sheets of printing paper, prepared and damped as described in Chapter V, lies between boards just beyond the block.

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Sheet by sheet all the printing paper is passed in this way over the key-block, and piled together.

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In 1695 a company was formed in Scotland for the “manufacture of white and printing paper.”

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