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lap

Packaging; General packaging

An area where on color overprints another adjacent color, usually held to a fine line, but which can vary considerably depending upon the press equipment and the effect created ...

turning bars

Packaging; General packaging

An arrangement of stationary bars on a flexo press, which guide the web in such a manner that it is turned front to back, and will be printed on the reverse side by the printing ...

aquatint

Packaging; General packaging

An early plate engraving method that created tonal variation by etching through granular material with varying concentrations of etchant. Used only for fine art engraving.

slitter turnover

Packaging; General packaging

An edge break on a roll of paper caused by a slitter, which turns over during winding. The edge of the break protrudes from the roll.

graphics interchange format (GIF)

Packaging; General packaging

An eight bit (256 colors or shades of grey) or less computer file format. Though commonly used to post photographic images to computer bulletin boards, GIF files are almost never ...

mineral spirits

Packaging; General packaging

Hydrocarbon petroleum distillates having a boiling range of approximately 300-350 degrees F.

continuous-tone copy

Packaging; General packaging

Illustrations, photographs or computer files that contain gradient tones from black to white or light to dark.