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contact printer
[′kän‚takt ‚print·ər] (graphic arts)
A device which provides a light source and a means for holding the negative and the sensitive material in contact during exposure.
A specialized device for exposing diapositive plates at the same scale as that of the negative.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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For instance, the frosted glass of the
contact printer serves as an added mediator, and the film strip has its own grainy disturbance.
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