Abstract: A contact printer for printing negatives in rows and columns directly onto photographic paper comprises a flat smooth base plate having a pair of upstanding pins adjacent one side edge. The pins are mounted in slots so as to be adjustable longitudinally of the side edge both in spacing and in distance from the bottom edge. The negatives are placed in rows and columns within an archival preserver sleeve which has holes along one side edge engaged over the pins to locate the sleeve and therefore the negatives on the base plate. Photographic paper is inserted under the sleeve and is located on the base plate by engagement with the pins and by alignment of the bottom edge of the paper with the bottom edge of the base plate. This ensures that the negatives are properly aligned with the paper. A transparent cover plate is also provided to press the negatives onto the paper for exposure of the paper by light directed through the transparent cover plate.