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HALFTONE GLASS SCREEN [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

The number of lines per inch or cm on a contact screen or a ruled glass halftone screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Nombre de rangées de points, formant des lignes, comptées, soit au cm, soit encore au pouce.

OBS

Plus le chiffre est élevé, plus la trame est fine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Distintos procesos de impresión
DEF

El número de puntos de semitono que hay en una unidad de medida lineal, usualmente pulgadas o centímetros.

CONT

Se habla de lineaturas de 150 líneas por pulgada (150 lpi o 150 lpp) y 60 líneas por centímetro (60 lpc), por ejemplo.

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Record 2 1998-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
  • Photography
DEF

A halftone screen made on a film base which has a graded dot pattern; used in direct contact with a film or plate to obtain a halftone negative from a continuous tone original. Contact screens provide better definition than the conventional glass screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
  • Photographie
DEF

Trame sur film transparent souple (de polyester) comportant un grand nombre de points dégradés de très petites dimensions et que l'on emploie en contact direct avec le film sensible à tramer. Il en résulte un négatif tramé de l'original à modelé continu.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A halftone plate made by using a screen bearing parallel lines of uniform width as an alternative to the normal glass screen bearing lines ruled at right-angles.

Key term(s)
  • single line halftone
  • one way halftone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Plaque sur laquelle les tons sont rendus uniquement par des lignes parallèles au lieu de points.

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A halftone for which the negative is made by using a contact or variable density screen in the camera as an alternative to exposing through the usual ruled glass screen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Similigravure produite par photographie du sujet à travers une trame de contact plutôt que par reproduction d'une photographie ou d'un dessin par l'intermédiaire d'une trame optique.

Spanish

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