Compressed Air: Canned air usually used to clean computer parts. Can use it to clean dusty negatives or other dusty things. Careful not to use it with the can upside-down or it might spray chemicals onto your object instead of air.
Darkroom: Printmaking process occurs in this lightproof room. It is designed to be totally dark so outside light cannot ruin light-sensitive photographic paper.
Developer: A chemical that makes the latent image on a print appear.
Dry Side: Area of the darkroom where the photographic paper is usually stored, as well as the area where the enlarging takes place. Anything not having to do with chemicals is usually safest being stored on this side.
Enlarger: Machine that holds a negative and projects its image onto a sheet of light sensitive paper for a set amount of time.
Fixer: Completes the chemical development of a print by halting all chemical reactions. A print that is not fixed appears very foggy.
Hypo-check: Used to test fixer for contamination/exhaustion.
Light-proof Paper Container: Container designed to be light proof so photographic paper can be stored inside of it until it is used.
Negatives: Developed photographic film. I've used black&white negatives for this instruction set because it is a simpler to practice making prints with.
Photographic Paper: Paper coated on one side with light-sensitive chemicals.
Process Timer: Glow-in-the-dark timer used to time the amount of time a print is in chemical. Can also be used for enlarging if the exposure time is particularly long.
Safe Light: A lamp that emits a type of light that is safe to expose undeveloped photographic paper to. While making prints, this type of light is often the only type you will have available.
Stop Bath: Stops the development of a print. Without it a print would continue to develop until it was completely dark.
Test Strip: Strip of photographic paper exposed to different times of light to determine the correct exposure time for the actual print.
Tongs: Used to fish prints out of chemicals so you don't have to expose your fingers to the chemical.
Wet Side: Area of the darkroom where chemical baths and water rinsing takes place.