albertype

[ al-ber-tahyp ]

noun

, Printing Now Rare.

1. collotype.

Word History and Origins

Origin of albertype¹

1870–75; after Joseph Albert (1825–86), Austrian photographer; -type

Example Sentences

Whatever the name may be,—Collotype, Artotype, Albertype, Phototype, or Carbon-gravure,—the principle is the same; an impression is made in printer's ink from a photo-chemically produced design on a gelatine surface, either on the hand-press or on a power cylinder press similar to that used in lithographic printing.

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