Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any process of printing in which photography is the principal feature.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Any print made by a photomechanical process.

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Examples

  • Instead of the usual readout of computer-printed lines the fax contained what was clearly a page-by-page photoprint of the original volume of government transactions for Washington Territory 1860-1870.

    Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

  • Instead of the usual readout of computer-printed lines the fax contained what was clearly a page-by-page photoprint of the original volume of government transactions for Washington Territory 1860-1870.

    Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

  • They even found, in his living quarters, a blown-up photoprint picture of Nevil Ormm, draped in black.

    Space Viking Piper, H. Beam 1963

  • A group of men, policemen and engineers, were huddled at a big table, going over plans, on big sheets and on photoprint screens.

    The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962

  • Carefully, so No-Dice would see he was not going for a gun, Johnny drew the folded photoprint from his breast pocket.

    The Laughing Fox Gruber, Frank 1940

  • She pressed another button, got the photoprint out of a slot, and propped it beside the screen.

    Naudsonce H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Vall opened a slide under the screen and saw that the photoprint film was in place, then closed it again, nodding.

    Time Crime H. Beam Piper 1934

  • His headquarters company had pulled out removable partitions and turned four rooms into one, and moved in enough screens and teleprinters and photoprint machines and computers to have outfitted the main newsroom of _Planetwide News_.

    Oomphel in the Sky H. Beam Piper 1934

  • What gets to the public is photoprint, out of a teleprinter.

    Four-Day Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • "The commander of the _Bolivar_ says he'll take your story to Terra with him, and see that it gets to Interworld News," Dad told me as we were sorting the corrected master sheets and loading them into the photoprint machine, to be sent out on the air.

    Four-Day Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

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