English glossary of printing
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Icons |
pictorial images used on screen to indicate utility functions, files, folders or applications software. The icons are generally activated by an on-screen pointer controlled by a mouse or trackball. |
| Image area |
Portion of paper on which ink can appear. |
| Imagesetter |
A photographic device that interperets the postscript description of a page through its Raster Image Processor (RIP) to image the graphical data directly onto film. |
| Imported Graphics |
Graphics and photos that are created in one program, such as Adobe Illustrator, and imported into another, such as Quark Xpress, for final output. |
| Imposition |
refers to the arrangement of pages on a printed sheet, which when the sheet is finally printed on both sides, folded and trimmed, will place the pages in their correct order. |
| imPRESS |
a page description language developed by Imagen and supported by over 60 software products including Crystal, TeX, Superpage and AutoCAD. Almost certainly the first commercially available PDL. |
| Impression |
Putting an image on paper. |
| Impression cylinder |
the cylinder of a printing machine which brings the paper into contact with the with the printing plate or blanket cylinder. |
| Imprint |
the name and place of the publisher and printer required by law if a publication is to be published. Sometimes accompanied by codes indicating the quantity printed, month/year of printing and an internal control number. |
| Indicia |
Postal information place on a printed product. |
| Ink fountain |
The reservoir on a printing press that hold the ink. |
| Insert |
an instruction to the printer for the inclusion of additional copy. |
| Interface |
the circuit, or physical connection, which controls the flow of data between a computer and its peripherals. |
| International paper sizes |
the International Standards Organisation (ISO) system of paper sizes is based on a series of three sizes A, B and C. Series A is used for general printing and stationery, Series B for posters and Series C for envelopes. |
| Interpolation |
The computer's way of increasing image resolution by filling in new pixels. The pixels' color or tonal range are based on neighboring pixels. |
