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HELP FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH TYPES

CHROMOGENIC COLOR— Use for photographic prints made by chromogenic color processes.

CIBACHROME— A subtractive color process for making photographic prints and transparencies using a silver-dye bleach process.

DYE DIFFUSION TRANSFER— Diffusion transfer process that uses dye couplers rather than silver and produces color instant camera photographs.

GELATIN SILVER— Use for photographic prints having gelatin as the binder, holding silver as the final image material; always black-and-white, though they may be toned to a monochrome hue.

INK JET— Non-impact computer-controlled printing in which tiny droplets of ink are projected from nozzles onto paper.