autotypographyn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)tʌɪˈpɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˌtaɪˈpɑɡrəfi/, /ˌɔdəˌtaɪˈpɑɡrəfi/, /ˌɑdoʊˌtaɪˈpɑɡrəfi/, /ˌɑdəˌtaɪˈpɑɡrəfi/ Now rare.
A process for reproducing images by which drawings made on gelatin are transferred to metal printing plates for printing.
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1860 H. Bradbury (title) Autotypography, or, art of nature-printing.
1862 Times 14 Apr. 9/5 This with W. J. Linton's kerographic process and Mr. Wallis's new art of auto-typography will illustrate one among the very many attempts to effect that long, long-sought desideratum.
1863 G. Wallis in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 17 Apr. 374/2 (heading) The new art of auto-typography.
1896 W. E. Woodbury Encyclopædic Dicti. Photogr. 50 Autotypography... A process invented by Willis, by which drawings made upon gelatine may be transferred to metal plates, and afterward used for printing from like ordinary copper-plates.
1908 Catal. Mech. Engin. Coll. (Victoria & Albert Museum) (ed. 2) ii. 209 Specimens of autotypography.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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