MacDermid Autotype at Wantage makes precision coated films. Autotype may also refer to halftone printing. Macdermid Autotype in Wantage remains one of the few large industrial employers in the region. Autotype is defined as a "true representation of the original" (see O.E.D). Autotype is now part of the Platform Speciality Products group of companies. Autotype can also refer to automatically determining a peripheral's configuration or a program's variables.