PRINTING ON BROMIDE PAPER. 
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talc apparently off, but do not polish the plate. Next 
coat the plate with photographic collodion ; as soon as 
the collodion is set, but not dry, wash it under the tap 
till the greasy appearance, due to the solvents, is gone; 
then immerse plate and print in water, and bring the 
two up together, and squeegee them as directed on 
page 134. When the print is dry, a knife edge may be 
run round the print, if necessary, and the print will 
leave the glass with a very high gloss, which is useful 
for showing up details in the dark parts of a print. 
The Kodak Company introduced some time ago 
“ enamel bromide paper,” “ Nikko,” which, for our 
special purpose, surpasses every paper we have seen. 
It is simply gelatino-bromide emulsion on a glossy and 
impervious surface. It is used in the same way as 
ordinary bromide paper, and when washed after fixation 
it is squeegeed to a waxed sheet of ferrotype plate. It 
is well to soak the prints after washing and before 
squeegeeing in a saturated solution of alum for five 
minutes; this removes danger of the prints sticking to 
the ferrotype plate. Of course they are to be washed 
after the alum. When dry, the prints will leave the 
plate with an incomparable surface, eminently adapted 
to display the finer details and tones of our subjects. 
