Practical guide to photographic & photo-mechanical printing (1887)
Burton, W. K. (William Kinnimond) · London, Marion and co. · leaf 98
ised paper, another sheet of sensitised paper (face downwards) on the top of this, and so on till the sensitising is done. A board and weight is then laid on the top of all for a few minutes, and the sheets are taken out — the pile having first been turned upside-down, so that those last sensitised… … It is to be noted that in the case of paper of very high surface blotting off is almost necessary, as otherwise the liquid runs into drops, or, as it is generally said, into “ tears,” which leave spots printing darker than the rest of the print. The blotting boards may be used over and over again…
Photography · Photomechanical processes
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