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Printing paper and industry terms.

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Duotone

Printing & publishing; Paper

Two-color halftone reproduction from black-and-white original.

Cropping

Printing & publishing; Paper

Resizing original photographs or illustrations to a different size.

Formation

Printing & publishing; Paper

Refers to the uniformity or lack of it in the distribution of the fibres when manufacturing paper; can be observed by looking through the sheet; a good formation is uniform or "Close", while a poor ...

Densitometer

Printing & publishing; Paper

Reflection instrument measuring the density of coloured ink to determine its consistency throughout a press run.

Drag

Printing & publishing; Paper

Register trouble when the dot is enlarged toward the back (nongripper edge) of the sheet. See Slur.

Halftone

Printing & publishing; Paper

Reproduction of continuous tone artwork with the image formed dots of various sizes.

Ink resistance

Printing & publishing; Paper

Resistance to the penetration of the ink vehicle; also called ink hold-out.

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