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
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collotype::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | collotype printing, photogelatin process |
| Type of | planographic printing, planography |
| Has types | hectograph, heliotype |
Examples of collotype
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Collotype is known for its innovation and high quality in the wine and spirits market.
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To produce detail, a collotype could be produced which the colors were then stenciled over.
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Even the far more costly and time-consuming method of collotype, which offers near-perfect color veracity, does not capture the raised daubs and whorls of the artist's brush.
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- 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
- Collotype is a dichromate-based photographic process originated in Germany circa 1868 and was used for large volume mechanical printing before the existence of cheaper offset lithography. ...
- A photomechanically printed image made from a photographic image. This process produced an extremely fine and delicate grain, and was favored by publishers who wanted a means of reproduction that emulated the appearance of an actual photograph.
- The collotype process was used between about 1870 and 1920. A glass plate was coated with sensitised gelatin and exposed under a negative. Light passed through the negative would harden the gelatin on the glass plate. ...
- Initially called albertype, after its principal inventor, this process consists in pouring a layer of gelatine mixed with potassium chromate over the surface of a zinc or glass plate which is then exposed to light to receive the image. ...
- ^ A photomechanical print process involving the application of light to a gelatin coated plate. Used for high quality reproductions, especially of watercolors, because of the reticulated grain faculty achieved through the process.
- A screenless printing process of the planographic ink-water type in which the plates are coated with bichromated gelatin, exposed to continuous-tone negatives, and printed on lithographic presses with special dampening.
- A mechanized representative process used for printing black or color posters and transparencies, as lately revived from its 1880 - 1914 popularity era. ...
- A photomechanical process of reproduction capable of producing results of exceptional fidelity. It does not use a screen (like a half-tone) but produces continuous tones.
