Salted paper prints are typically produced by saturating paper with the salty water. A matte surface print results since the emulsion is held within the paper fibers. The use of a salted collodial vehicle such as gelatin, starch, or albumen keeps the light-sensitive emulsion suspended above the paper fibers, and results in prints with a glossier surface. Albumen prints have the highest gloss and warmest coloration of these related processes. As with the Kallitype processes, good papers include Cranes' Parchmont Wove, Platinotype, and Kid Finish Stationery, or other fine watercolor papers.
Ultraviolet radiation is used to expose the image.
Once exposed, the print is washed in water for several minutes to remove unexposed silver chloride. Overfixing is to be avoided since the hypo solution also will bleach the image if used at a too high concentration or for extended periods. Following the clearing bath, the prints are washed for 30 minutes and dried. The salted paper process is directly linked to the invention of photography in the early 1830s and enables contemporary photographers to experience a comradery to the earliest photographer-scientists. The Albumen process incorporates albumen as a collodial vehicle to hold the silver chloride emulsion above the paper support.