Glossary of Printing Terms

What is: Screen range ?

This is the density distance that is between the shadow areas of a copy and the highlight that the halftone screen can produce without any flash exposure whatsoever.

What is: Screen range ?

This is the density distance that is between the shadow areas of a copy and the highlight that the halftone screen can produce without any flash exposure whatsoever.

What is: Screen process printing ?

This printing process involves the use of fine-mesh silk (which is popularly called silk screen printing) properly spread across a frame. When a squeegee is spread across the screen, the...

What is: Screen process printing ?

This printing process involves the use of fine-mesh silk (which is popularly called silk screen printing) properly spread across a frame. When a squeegee is spread across the screen, the...

What is: Screen angles ?

These are angles in color reproduction which the halftone screens are placed in other to avoid undesirable patterns. To ensure that only desirable angles are gotten, several angles are used....

What is: Screen angles ?

These are angles in color reproduction which the halftone screens are placed in other to avoid undesirable patterns. To ensure that only desirable angles are gotten, several angles are used....

What is: Screen ?

This is the ruling that is used to determine how many dots a unit area should have during the process of developing the tonal values on the printed piece. The...

What is: Screen ?

This is the ruling that is used to determine how many dots a unit area should have during the process of developing the tonal values on the printed piece. The...

What is: Score/scoring ?

This is the crease that is mechanically impressed on the paper in other to enhance folding and guard against cracking of the board and paper. This is most essential when...

What is: Score/scoring ?

This is the crease that is mechanically impressed on the paper in other to enhance folding and guard against cracking of the board and paper. This is most essential when...

What is: Schopper's tester ?

This is an instrument used for testing how much a paper can endure during folding.

What is: Schopper's tester ?

This is an instrument used for testing how much a paper can endure during folding.

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