carbon process


noun

a method of making photographic prints by the use of a pigment, as carbon, contained in sensitized gelatin.

Origin of carbon process

First recorded in 1875–80

British Dictionary definitions for carbon process

carbon process

carbon printing


noun

a photographic process for producing positive prints by exposing sensitized carbon tissue to light passing through a negative. Washing removes the unexposed gelatine leaving the pigmented image in the exposed insoluble gelatine