lichtdruck

plural lichtdrucks

1. uncountableA historical photomechanical printing process that was widely used for high-quality reproductions of photographs, artworks, and documents.

   You know lichtdruck is entirely different from lithography.

   1907 May 16, “DECISIONS BY THE BOARD OF GENERAL APPRAISERS.”, in Treasury Decisions, volume 13, number 20, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, page 15

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   Although M. Tessié du Motay et Marécha, of Metz, were undoubtedly the first to produce presentable halftone prints from a colloid film, Germany has since been pre-eminently to the fore in Lichtdruck printing.

   1877 May 11, “LICHTDRUCK IN GERMANY”, in the Photographic News, volume XXI, number 975, page 223

2. countableAn image produced by this process.