The technology of the noble compression matters goes back to the 40's 19th century, in which the first negative/positive process was developed by Henry Fox Talbot.

The gum bichromat is without doubt the king discipline of the noble compression matters. No photographic copying technology offers as many creative possibilities as the gum bichromat. Only this process offers a nearly unlimited selection of basis papers or colour nuances and permits to let whole picture parts disappear unnoticed or put important elements into the foreground.