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Definition of Collotype printing
1. Noun. A photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced; can be used with one or more colors.
Specialized synonyms: Hectograph, Heliotype
Generic synonyms: Planographic Printing, Planography
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collotype Printing
Literary usage of Collotype printing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Amateur Photographer (1891)
"collotype printing FOR AMATEUR WORKERS. S THESE rambling papers are intended more
especially for the amateur worker who desires to produce his prints as ..."
2. Horgan's Half-tone and Photomechanical Processes by Stephen H. Horgan (1913)
"Presses for collotype printing have clamps for holding the glass plate secure to
... The paper used to print upon is specially made for collotype printing. ..."
3. Photo-engraving, Photo-etching, and Photo-lithography in Line and Half-tone by W. T. Wilkinson (1888)
"The collotype printing surface is the film of gelatine upon the glass or metal
plate upon which it was dried. Note also the different printing methods. ..."
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