Difference between revisions of "Hectograph"
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| − | A reproduction technique used in the 19th century. The hectograph process, developed in 1874, used [ | + | A reproduction technique used in the 19th century. The hectograph process, developed in 1874, used [[aniline ink]] or [[copy pencil|copy pencils]] to produce the pattern to be duplicated. The ink was then transferred to a gelatin pad to form a master copy, which was used as a stamp to produce several copies of the document. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 16 January 2014
Description
A reproduction technique used in the 19th century. The hectograph process, developed in 1874, used Aniline ink or copy pencils to produce the pattern to be duplicated. The ink was then transferred to a gelatin pad to form a master copy, which was used as a stamp to produce several copies of the document.
Synonyms and Related Terms
gelatin duplicator; aniline process; chromograph; copygraph; gelatin method; polygraph; indirect method
Authority
- Media & Techniques of Works of Art on Paper, New York University, New York, 1999 Comment: B.Rhodes, "Copy Pencil"
- Website address 1 Comment: palimpsest.standford.edu/bytopic/repro/nadeau1.html
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectograph (accessed Nov. 30, 2004)