| NOUN | communication | photogelatin process, collotype, collotype printing | a photomechanical printing process that uses a glass plate with a gelatin surface that carries the image to be reproduced |
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| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | collotype, collotype printing | |
| Narrower | hectograph, heliotype | duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy |
| Broader | planographic printing, planography | The process of printing from a surface on which the printing areas are not raised but are ink-receptive (as opposed to ink repellent) |
| Spanish | colotipia, fototipia | |
| Catalan | col·lotípia, fototípia | |
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