photofinishern.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈfɪnᵻʃə/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈfɪnᵻʃər/ A person or business engaged in the commercial development and printing of films.
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1915 Manitoba Free Press 11 Aug. 11/6 (advt.) Photo finisher wanted for 1st-class city studio.
1930 Movie Makers Dec. 807/3 (advt.) Today there's growing demand everywhere for expert projectionists—photo-finishers—‘still’ photographers.
1977 Fortune Jan. 19/3 The company passed the word to its photofinishers to invest in equipment for processing ‘a large volume’ of new, highly sensitive, low-light film by.
1990 Washington Post 13 July n47/1 I'm really surprised your photo finisher didn't say something to you personally or give you a note or form letter in your picture envelope.
2000 Pop. Photogr. July 28/1 I generally use slide film, as do a vast percentage of pro photographers. In that way, I, not the photofinisher, control the exposure of the image.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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