Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

The industry concerned with the preparation and distribution of printed material to the general public.

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outline halftone

Printing & publishing; Paper

A halftone image which is outlined by removing the dots that surround it.

the gatf slur gauge

Printing & publishing; Paper

A combination dot gain and slur indicator supplied in positive or negative form. It is a quality control device that shows at a glance dot gain or dot loss. It also demonstrates ...

screentone

Printing & publishing; Paper

A halftone film having a uniform dot size over its area, and rated by its approximate printing dot size value, such as 20 percent, 50 percent, etc. ; also called screen tint.

hard dot

Printing & publishing; Paper

A halftone dot characterized by a sharp, clean cut edge.

orange peel

Printing & publishing; Paper

A granular surface on coated or printed paper that looks like orange peel.

lithography

Printing & publishing; Paper

A generic term for any printing process in which the image area and the nonimage area exist on the same plane (plate) and are separated by chemical repulsion.