papier calque

Hello,

I have encountered some difficulty in an art shop when I was looking for some "papier calque": the vendors could not see what I was referring to.
I tried to use the term "tracing paper", as mentioned by the present dictionary, but the paper they offered me was only a see-through sheet on which I could reproduce a drawing placed under it. And that was it, no transferring on another piece of paper afterwards.
I tried to explain to them that I was looking for a paper that would enable me to transfer a drawing, and they provided me with carbon paper, which is not see-through.
I eventually tried the term "transfer paper", also mentioned in wordreference's dictionary, and they showed me some t-shirt transfer papers, which work with printers.

I went to several shops, and it seems nobody had ever heard of it.
I even tried to look for some references on the Canson's website (sorry for the indirect advert, but it is the main manufacturer in France), and I found nothing about it in the English version.

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Do you have a name, for that?

I can't tell how it is different from tracing paper, the first item you described, a translucent sheet that you place over the design so you can use your own pencil to re-draw the image onto it. How does it work, then?

If you turn the "papier calque" over after drawing on it, and brush on it (or follow the lines of your drawing with a pen) over a blank piece of paper, the graphite line from the recto settles on the blank paper.
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Hello

Papier calque is "permatrace"... it is often used when drawing on archaeology sites, waterproof etc... Hope that helps.

Oh, that's interesting. I suspect you can do that transfer technique with "regular" tracing paper, it just doesn't seem to be the typical way here, because you can skip the step of drawing on the back if you use a sheet of graphite (carbon) paper between.

I come back quite late after the fight, but
-thanks a lot for your help,
-and sorry for the external links!