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contact print

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contact print
n.
A print made by exposing a photosensitive surface in direct contact with a photographic negative.

contact print
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(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a photographic print made by exposing the printing paper through a negative placed directly onto it

A print made from a negative or a diapositive in direct contact with sensitized material.
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Noun1.contact print - a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative
print - a picture or design printed from an engraving


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Every time I wanted to illustrate a book or an article, I would drive up to his house--often as the last visitor was leaving--and he would locate contact prints of each project in a few minutes of looking in file drawers.
Instead each image is printed as a direct contact print from the negative, often using sunlight as a source.
The limitations of this marking method have been many and include: * The extruder operator is required to change the printing type on the contact print wheel with almost every change of the tire extrusion.
 
 
 
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