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Pre-photographic

Intaglio
Planographic
Relief

Photomechanical

Collotype
Letterpress
Offset Lithography
Photogravure
Rotogravure
Woodburytype

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:

This print was made with the bromoil transfer process, a variant of the bromoil process. A bromoil print was made by treating a silver gelatin bromide print with potassium dichromate which caused the gelatin to harden in proportion to the amount of silver present in the print while simultaneously bleaching the silver resulting in an image in clear gelatin relief. The print was then wetted and greasy lithographic ink applied to the surface. The greasy ink was repelled by the water soaked highlights, attached to the hardened shadow areas, and the mid-tones absorbed the ink in proportion to the amount of hardening. To make a bromoil transfer, the inked bromoil was put into contact with a piece of high-quality paper and the two placed between blotters and board and put through a lithographic press. The pressure caused the ink to transfer from the bromoil print to the piece of paper. The bromoil could be re-inked and reprinted on the same transfer to build up contrast or re-inked and printed several more times to make additional prints. The final result is ink on a paper support.