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whiteprint process [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

An improved blueprint process using copying machines made by Ozalid, Bruning, Ditto, and others to produce same-size copies of translucent originals. Unlike blueprinting, it makes a positive from a positive, makes copies that do not stretch or shrink during development, and can make copies in black, red, or other colours as well as blue.

OBS

Whiteprint equipment is widely used to copy engineering drawings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Procédé de reproduction d'originaux sur support transparent ou translucide par l'action de la lumière sur des papier chimiquement préparé aux «diazoïques» (doublement azotés). Il existe le développement à sec, semi-humide, et à chaud.

OBS

La diazocopie est très utilisée chez les grands consommateurs de plans (industrie, architecture).

Spanish

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