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Spot

Printing & publishing; Paper

Smallest visible point that can be displayed or printed. The smallest diameter of light that a scanner can detect, or an image-setter or printer can image. Dot should not be confused with spot.

Dot slurring

Printing & publishing; Paper

Smearing or elongation at the trailing edges of halftone dots.

Guide roller

Printing & publishing; Paper

Sometimes called a cocking roller. Located on the roll stand between the roll of paper and the dancer roll. Can be cocked to compensate for certain paper roll conditions.

Opacity

Printing & publishing; Paper

Sometimes referred to as "show-through" this term refers to the property of a sheet which prevents dark print areas from showing through the paper to the other side.

Spectrophotometer

Printing & publishing; Paper

Sophisticated instrument that measures colour across a visible spectrum and produces data describing the colour of a given sample in terms of the three parameters in colour space.