Plural of autotypy; reproductions of images or documents created by an automatic printing or photographic process.
From autotypy + -ies (plural). Autotypy comes from auto- + type, referring to self-printing processes.
Before digital printing, autotypies were the cutting-edge technology for mass-producing images—photographers could create printing plates directly from photographic negatives, eventually making newspaper pictures and color reproductions affordable.
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