plate paper

English

Noun

plate paper (countable and uncountable, plural plate papers)

  1. A heavy spongy paper, for printing from engraved plates.
    • 1802, William Henry Burbank, Photographic Printing Methods:
      The most artistic method of mounting on card or paper is to mount on plain white plate paper, with the plate - mark sunk in , as in the case of engravings
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