General packaging

General packaging

Product packaging design, printing and manufacturing.

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non-impact printer

Packaging; General packaging

An electronic device like a copier, laser or ink-jet printer that creates images on a surface without contacting it.

scanner

Packaging; General packaging

An electronic device used to make color separations, halftones, duo tones and tri tones. Also a device used to scan art, pictures or drawings in desktop publishing.

xerography

Packaging; General packaging

An electrophotographic copying process that uses a corona charged selenium photoconductor surface, electrostatic forces and dry or liquid toner to form an image.

dot

Packaging; General packaging

An element of halftones. Using a loupe you will see that printed pictures are made up of many dots.

butt splice

Packaging; General packaging

An end to end joining of two similar materials. For continuity of surface, design, etc. Often used in joining stickyback, printing plates and webs of substrate in process such as heavy papers and ...

woodcut

Packaging; General packaging

An illustration in lines of varying thickness, cut in relief on plank-grain wood, for the purpose of making prints.

vignette halftone

Packaging; General packaging

An illustration in which the background fades gradually away until it blends into the unprinted paper. Alt: A halftone whose background gradually fades to white.