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DIRECT POSITIVE PROCESS [2 records]

Record 1 1988-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reprography
CONT

Direct positive (auto positive) process. ... The original is placed in contact with a sensitized paper and exposed to light in an exposure box or rotary printer. The paper is ... passed ... through an automatic processor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reprographie
CONT

le procédé dit "auto-positif" nécessite (...) le passage dans un ou deux bains, selon que l'original est transparent ou opaque, mais donne une copie directement positive.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Any photographic process which yields a positive image from a positive original without the intermediate formation of a negative, e.g., dyeline. Autopositive, xerographic, Thermofax processes of document copying.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Procédé permettant d'obtenir directement une image positive, sans passer par l'intermédiaire d'un négatif.

Spanish

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