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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printing frame

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

The paper is then dried and a positive made from it by placing it on the glass of a printing frame, and laying the positive paper upon it, and exposing as before.

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 Ford, J. Sawtelle

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.

The negative is placed in a printing frame over the sensitized zinc and a print is made.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.

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