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Satellites
Unintended specks or drops of colorant outside the printed dot shape.

Silver-Gelatin Print
Photographic print in which the final imaging material is metallic silver suspended in a gelatin binder.

Silver Halide
Chemical compound formed between silver and a halogen (bromide, chloride, iodide) employed as the light-sensitive component in traditional photographic film and papers.

Silver Image Interaction
Chemical reaction that alters metallic or ionic silver in a black-and-white photograph.

Solvent Inks
Inks that use a solvent other than water to carry the colorant to the paper surface during printing.

Swellable-Coated Paper
See Polymer-Coated Paper.