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How did Edward Weston print negatives made with his view camera?

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Edward Weston at Point Lobos, 1945, photograph by Imogen Cunningham. — Edward Weston *Edward Weston at Point Lobos, 1945*, photograph by Imogen Cunningham.

For the majority of his work, Edward Weston utilized an 8 × 10-inch view camera and produced his prints by contact printing.1

A contact print is created by placing the negative in direct contact with the sensitized paper, plate, or film, rather than using an enlarger to project the image. This technique allowed Weston to achieve the "all-over sharpness" and "full tonal scale" that characterized his mature photographic style.21