1. a photographic printing process that produces high-quality reproductions using a gelatin-coated plate
Usage: printing; photography

Examples

• The museum used collotype to reproduce the rare manuscript.
• Collotype printing was popular in the early 20th century for art books.
• The collotype process creates images with continuous tones.
• Many vintage postcards were produced using collotype techniques.
• The publisher chose collotype for its superior image quality.
• Collotype plates can produce thousands of high-quality prints.