Home > Industry/Domain > Printing & publishing > Printing equipment

Printing equipment

Printing equipment consists of printers, scanners, copy machines etc. which create copies of hard materials or electronic documents, pictures etc.

Contributors in Printing equipment

Printing equipment

moire

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Occurs when screen angles are wrong causing odd patterns in photographs.

negative

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

The image on film that makes the white areas of originals black and black areas white.

non-reproducing blue

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

A blue color the camera cannot see. Used in marking up artwork.

offsetting

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Using an intermediate surface used to transfer ink. Also, an unpleasant happening when the images of freshly printed sheets transfer images to each other.

offset paper

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Term for uncoated book paper.

ok sheet

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Final approved color inking sheet before production begins.

opacity

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

The amount of show-through on a printed sheet. The more opacity or the thicker the paper the less show-through. (The thicker/heavier the paper the higher the cost.)

Featured blossaries

Carbon Nano Computer

Category: Technology   1 13 Terms

App-Enabled Accessories

Category: Entertainment   1 6 Terms