Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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color scanner

Printing & publishing; Paper

A electronic scanner that makes the color separation required in full color processing printing.

magenta screen

Printing & publishing; Paper

A dyed contact screen, used for making halftones.

optical whitener

Printing & publishing; Paper

A dye that is added to the fiber stock or applied to the paper surface at the size press to enhance its brightness.

line drawing

Printing & publishing; Paper

A drawing containing no grays or middle tones. In general, any drawing that can be reproduced without the use of halftone techniques.

stochastic screening

Printing & publishing; Paper

A digital screening process that converts images into very small dots (14-40 microns) of equal size and variable spacing. Second order screened images have variable size dots and ...

flatbed scanner

Printing & publishing; Paper

A device that scans images in a manner similar to a photocopy machine; the original art is positioned face down on a glass plate.

Yankee dryer

Printing & publishing; Paper

A device that dries paper as it comes off the wet end of the papermaking machine by pressing one side against a cylinder that steam-heats it and imparts a glazed finish at the ...