Ben Day process

US: (ben′ dā′)

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Ben′ Day′ proc′ess  (ben′ dā′), [Photoengraving.]

1. Printing, Fine Art a technique for producing shading, texture, or tone in line drawings and photographs by overlaying a fine screen or a pattern of dots on the original artwork, on a negative of it, or on the plate before etching.

Also, Ben′day′ proc′ess. 

• named after Ben(jamin) Day (1838–1916), American printer 1910–15