platinotype

[ plat-n-oh-tahyp ]

noun

, Photography.

1. a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
2. Also called platinum print. a print made by this process.

platinotype

/ ˈplætɪnəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. an obsolete process for producing photographic prints using paper coated with an emulsion containing platinum salts, the resulting image in platinum black being more permanent and of a richer tone than the usual silver image

Word History and Origins

Origin of platinotype¹

First recorded in 1875–80; platin(um) + -o- + -type

Example Sentences

In 1883, Captain Abney rendered a signal service to the members of the Photographic Society, and photographers in general, by publishing in the Journal of the Society a translation of Captain Pizzighelli and Baron A. Hubl’s booklet on platinotype.

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Improvement in platinotype patented by W. Willis, junior, July.

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After giving a r�sum� of the early experiments with platinum by Herschel, Hunt, and others, the theory and practice of platinotype printing are clearly explained, and it was undoubtedly due to the publication of this translation that platinotype printing was very much popularised.

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In proof of the accuracy of this opinion, every following photographic exhibition showed an increasing number of exhibits in platinotype.

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Pizzighelli’s visible platinotype printing paper put on the market in June.

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