Solvent transfer is a very useful mixed media technique, a sort of instant photocopy without the use of a photocopying machine, and has been used successfully in America by artists such as Robert Rauschenberg. It is a quick and easy means of transferring an image from a printed page such as a newspaper or magazine onto paper or fabric. Illustrations from magazines can be overlaid onto prints made in other media, as varied as cyanotypes and etchings.