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 |
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Narrower | hectograph, heliotype | duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy |
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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) |
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Spanish | colotipia, fototipia |
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Catalan | col·lotípia, fototípia |
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