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Pre-photographic

Photomechanical

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

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Notes on this view:

Resin-coated (RC) supports for chromogenic prints were introduced in1968 in the United States and in 1970 in Europe. By 1971 RC chromogenic papers had completely displaced fiber-based materials. RC papers have a paper core sandwiched between polyethylene. This allowed for much faster processing times because the paper did not absorb processing chemicals and therefore required shorter wash times. Sometime in the late 1970s commercial photofinishers began making prints without borders because the borders and highlights of chromogenic prints tend to discolor becoming yellow over time.