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.

Exact synonyms: Collotype, Photogelatin Process
Specialized synonyms: Hectograph, Heliotype
Generic synonyms: Planographic Printing, Planography

Lexicographical Neighbors of Collotype Printing

colloquializing
colloquially
colloquialness
colloquials
colloquies
colloquist
colloquists
colloquium
colloquiums
colloquize
colloquy
collor
collosol
collosols
collotype
collotype printing (current term)
collotypes
collotypies
collotypy
collour
colloxylin
colls
colluctancy
colluctation
collude
colluded
colluder
colluders
colludes
colluding

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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