photomechanical
adjective
pho·to·me·chan·i·cal
ˌfō-tō-mi-ˈka-ni-kəl 
: relating to or involving any of various processes for producing printed matter from a photographically prepared surface
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Inside, there’s a photomechanical reproduction on gold of Eisenhower’s husband, President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
To do this, the research team embedded photomechanical crystals into a polymer, which could then bend and lift when exposed to light, forming a kind of actuator or motor.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
Per the Public Domain Review, the artist combined photomechanical printing and photography techniques to create his painterly floral scenes.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020
Your print may indeed be a steel engraving, or perhaps a collotype, which is produced by a photomechanical process.
—oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2020
The fakes, on the other hand, are typically photomechanical reproductions of the originals.
—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
To do this, the research team embedded photomechanical crystals into a polymer, which could then bend and lift when exposed to light, forming a kind of actuator or motor.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
Per the Public Domain Review, the artist combined photomechanical printing and photography techniques to create his painterly floral scenes.
—Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020
Your print may indeed be a steel engraving, or perhaps a collotype, which is produced by a photomechanical process.
—oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2020
The fakes, on the other hand, are typically photomechanical reproductions of the originals.
—New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
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“Photomechanical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photomechanical. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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