Collotype (process)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Processes and techniques by specific type

Jerarquía

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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URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300053204

Otros términos

  • lichtdruk [nl]
  • colotipia (proceso) [es]
  • collotype process [en]