contact printing

noun

1. the process of making contact prints.

Word History and Origins

Origin of contact printing¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

If he confines himself to contact printing, he is restricted to the use of dry plates only.

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A much easier method, applicable to glass originals, is that of photographic reproduction by contact printing.

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