1. Plural of collotype; a photomechanical printing process that uses a gelatin-coated plate to reproduce images with fine detail, or the prints produced by this process.
Usage: technical; printing and photography

Examples

• The museum's collection includes rare collotypies from the early 20th century.
• Collotypies were prized for their ability to capture subtle gradations of tone in photographic images.
• The artist used collotypies to reproduce the original paintings with exceptional fidelity.
• Before digital printing, collotypies were among the finest methods for reproducing photographs in books.