collotype

(kälə tīp′)

noun

  1. a photomechanical process by which inked reproductions are transferred to paper directly from an image formed on a sheet of hardened gelatin
  2. the printed reproduction

Origin: < Gr kolla, glue + -type

See collotype in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A printing process employing a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced. Also called photogelatin process.
  2. A print made by this process.

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