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Trans′fer-print′ing.

A name applied to the processes of anastatic printing, chemitype, and paneiconography.

In the first a printed sheet is moistened with dilute acid and pressed upon a zinc plate, which becomes etched in those parts which have not been touched by the ink; a mixture of gum and water being applied adheres to the etched portions, leaving the inked parts intact. On passing an inked roller over its surface the ink adheres to the printing, but is repelled by the rest of the plate, so that impressions may be taken from it in a copperplate-press.

In chemitype a zinc plate is varnished, etched, and the etching bitten in with acid; the etched lines are then filled up with molten fusible metal, which is afterward scraped down to a smooth level; strong acid is then applied, which eats away the zinc, leaving the fusible metal in relief to print from.

In paneiconography the design is transferred from a print or lithograph, or else drawn by hand, with lithographic ink, on a zinc plate. An inked roller being drawn over the plate, the new ink adheres to the old, and is strengthened by being sprinkled with powdered rosin. Acid is applied, which eats away the zinc between the printed lines, leaving the latter in relief to print from.

1877.

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