contact print

noun, Photography
1.
a photographic print made by placing a negative directly in contact with sensitized paper, with their emulsion surfaces facing, and exposing them to light.
Compare projection print.
Origin
1930-35
Examples from the web for contact print
  • The result is a movie that is as precise-and as small-as a contact print.
  • The area should be parallel with the sides of the contact print.
  • contact print magazines in your industry, and pitch your ideas for an article or even a regular column.
British Dictionary definitions for contact print

contact print

noun
1.
a photographic print made by exposing the printing paper through a negative placed directly onto it