Lichtdruck

//ˈlɪçt.dʁʊk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A historical photomechanical printing process that was widely used for high-quality reproductions of photographs, artworks, and documents. uncountable

    "Although M. Tessié du Motay et Marécha, of Metz, were undoubtedly the first to produce presentable halftone prints from a colloid film, Germany has since been pre-eminently to the fore in Lichtdruck printing."

  2. 2
    An image produced by this process. countable

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collotypepapyrotype

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"Although M. Tessié du Motay et Marécha, of Metz, were undoubtedly the first to produce presentable halftone prints from a colloid film, Germany has since been pre-eminently to the fore in Lichtdruck printing."

Etymology

German licht + German Druck

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