An automatic printing or photographic process for reproducing images without manual intervention in converting the image to a printable form.
From auto- (self) + -typy (relating to printing/type). A technical term from the 1870s-1890s for photomechanical reproduction.
Autotypy is literally the ancestor of modern halftone printing—it used photographic plates and chemistry to break images into tiny dots that could be printed, and this exact technique is still the foundation of how your color printer works today.
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