Ben Day process

Ben Day process
/ben" day"/, Photoengraving.
a technique for producing shading, texture, or tone in line drawings and photographs by overlaying a fine screen or a pattern of dots on the original artwork, on a negative of it, or on the plate before etching.
[1910-15; named after Ben(jamin) Day (1838-1916), American printer]

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