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DIRECT DIGITAL COLOR PROOFING SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A system that generates critical, high-resolution colour halftone proofs directly from digital data produced by scanners or colour electronic pagination systems without the intermediate step of film generation, e.g. 3M's Digital Matchprint ® DDCP which is an electrographic colour-proofing system.

Key term(s)
  • DDCP
  • Direct Digital Color Proofing System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Infographie
DEF

Système qui produit des épreuves couleurs tramées de haute résolution directement sur papier à partir de données numériques provenant des fichiers d'un scanner ou d'une table de montage, p. ex., le système électrographique de 3M.

OBS

En français, l'usage n'est pas encore arrêté, ce qui explique pourquoi la plupart des revues techniques d'imprimerie s'en tiennent tout simplement au sigle anglais précédé du générique système.

Key term(s)
  • DDCP

Spanish

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