Autotype \Au"to*type\, n. [Auto- + -type: cf. F. autotype.]
1. A facsimile.
2. A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented
gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and
subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of
picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
autotype
n 1: process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment
[syn: {autotypy}]
2: an exact copy or reproduction [syn: {facsimile}]