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Bromide, and the curling always takes place with the coated side
inside—in other words, the concave side or surface of a piece of
Bromide paper is the sensitive side ; the convex is the back. Print-
ing on such material is very rapid. Owing to its sensitiveness,
care must be taken not to expose the paper more than is necessary,
even to the light in the dark-room.
There are two ways of printing upon Bromide paper, namely,
by contact and by enlargement. Contact printing is the method
adopted when the prints are to be the same size as the negative
itself enlarging, when larger prints are required.
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CONTACT PRINTING.
The following are the stages of making a Bromide print by
contact :
Filling the Printing Frame. (Done in the dark-room).
Exposing to artificial light.
Developing the print. (Done in the dark-room).
(Done in the dark-room)
Fixing the Print .
Washing the Print.
Drying and Mounting the Print.

FILLING THE PRINTING FRAME.
Any printing frame can be used for Bromide work. It does not
matter whether it will open at the back or not for inspection of the
print, because with Bromide Paper this inspection cannot be made.
With small negatives the ordinary printing frames are quite suitable.
Only one of the needful size is wanted, as the exposure is very
short, and it is not advisable to try to expose more than one print
at a time.
The frame is taken into the dark-room, the negative put into
it and dusted, and then, in the yellow light only, the packet of
Bromide paper is opened, and a sheet taken out and laid with its
sensitive side in contact with the gelatine side of the negative.
The back of the printing frame is put in and fastened, and the rest
of the paper is wrapped up safely again. In handling Bromide
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