Collotype (process)
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image-making processes and techniques > <printing and printing processes and techniques> > printing processes > photomechanical processes > <photomechanical processes: planographic> > photolithography
Descripción
A type of photolithography in which the printing plate is prepared using a bichromate process. Unhardened gelatin areas hold water and thus resist greasy ink; hardened areas accept ink and hold it in the characteristic wormlike pattern of cracks.
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Otros términos
- lichtdruk [nl]
- colotipia (proceso) [es]
- collotype process [en]