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Pre-photographic

Intaglio
Planographic
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Photomechanical

Collotype
Letterpress
Offset Lithography
Photogravure
Rotogravure
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Photographic

Albumen
Ambrotype
Bromoil
Bromoil Transfer
Carbon
Carbro
Chromogenic
Collodion POP
Cyanotype
Daguerreotype
Direct Carbon (Fresson)
Dye Imbibition
Gelatin Dry Plate
Gelatin POP
Gum Dichromate
Instant (Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Instant (Internal Dye Diffusion Transfer)
Matte Collodion
Platinum
Salted Paper
Screen Plate
Silver Dye Bleach
Silver Gelatin DOP
Tintype
Wet Plate Collodion

Digital

Electrophotography
Inkjet
Thermal

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Notes on this view:

Dye Transfer is a proprietary dye imbibition process introduced by Kodak in 1946 as a replacement to their Eastman Wash-Off Relief product. Dye imbibition is based on the ability of gelatin to imbibe and release dye. Making a Dye Transfer print started with a chromogenic color negative or transparency. From a color transparency three black and white separation negatives were made, each through a red, green, or blue color filter. From the three negatives three gelatin matrices were made on Matrix Film. Matrix Film was a special film that produced an image in gelatin relief after processing. Alternatively, the three matrices could be printed through red, green, blue filters directly from the negative if Pan Matrix Film was used. The three matrices were dyed with their corresponding subtractive color (cyan, magenta, yellow) and the dye was transferred in succession and exact registration onto a gelatin coated receiving paper resulting in a full color image.