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Glossary of Printing Terms
What is: Mask ?
In the process of color separation photography, the photographic produce or negative used is in color correction. For offset lithography, an opaque material helps protect a selected area on a...
What is: Mask ?
In the process of color separation photography, the photographic produce or negative used is in color correction. For offset lithography, an opaque material helps protect a selected area on a...
What is: Margins ?
This refers to the areas that are not printed which is the edge of a page. Margins in book specifications are the remaining margins after the book has been trimmed.
What is: Margins ?
This refers to the areas that are not printed which is the edge of a page. Margins in book specifications are the remaining margins after the book has been trimmed.
What is: Make ready ?
All work is done before running in printing presses such as the adjusting of the feeder, the grippers, and the side guide, putting of the ink inside the fountain, etc....
What is: Make ready ?
All work is done before running in printing presses such as the adjusting of the feeder, the grippers, and the side guide, putting of the ink inside the fountain, etc....
What is: Neutral pH ?
These would refer to offset papers that have been produced with a range of 6-8 when it comes to pH levels. The scale which is used to measure it would...
What is: Neutral pH ?
These would refer to offset papers that have been produced with a range of 6-8 when it comes to pH levels. The scale which is used to measure it would...
What is: Negative ?
This is in relation to photography. It refers to films with images. However, the values of the image have been somewhat reversed. The effect is that the darker spots on...
What is: Negative ?
This is in relation to photography. It refers to films with images. However, the values of the image have been somewhat reversed. The effect is that the darker spots on...
What is: More ?
A pattern caused when two images that have been screened are imposed at certain angles. At his happens when making a halftone from an image with halftone.
What is: More ?
A pattern caused when two images that have been screened are imposed at certain angles. At his happens when making a halftone from an image with halftone.