bromide paper

noun

, Photography.

1. a fast printing paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide: used mostly for enlargements.

bromide paper

noun

1. a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide

Word History and Origins

Origin of bromide paper¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

It remains then only to apply these two rules to our actual work with bromide paper.

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All the thin varieties of bromide paper curl badly in drying.

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The negative itself may be enlarged, or what is simpler still a direct enlargement may be made on bromide paper.

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From the large transparency a negative is produced by contact printing either upon a plate, or upon a piece of bromide paper.

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With a clear negative we can have an enlargement made on bromide paper that will be a source of great satisfaction.

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