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HALFTONE PAPER [10 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
  • Printing Processes - Various
  • Drawing
DEF

A pencil-shaped stick consisting of soap, tallow, shellac, wax and lamp-black used for execution of crayon sketches on grained paper, also for direct drawings on litho-stone and metal plates, and as a delicate staging medium in halftone relief etching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
  • Procédés d'impression divers
  • Dessin
DEF

Sorte de crayon gras, mélange de noir de fumée, de cire jaune, de savon et de suif, qui sert à faire des dessins sur la pierre lithographique.

Key term(s)
  • crayon gras

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A halftone plate in which the spaces between the dots have been etched to extra, though still slight, depth without removing the highlights, [which] gives finer detail to the highlight areas when printing on rough, uncoated paper.

Key term(s)
  • deep etched halftone
  • deep-etched halftone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Similigravure qui a été mordue de nouveau pour approfondir les creux entre les points, ce qui tend à réduire la grosseur des points sans pour autant enlever les hautes lumières.

OBS

Ces similis sont destinées à l'impression sur papier non couché.

Key term(s)
  • similigravure creux
  • simili creux

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

[A] news, halftone or catalogue paper used for printing of almanacs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-09-23

English

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

... the filling in of the reverse dots in the tone area.

CONT

Excessive fill-in can be caused : by paper or ink collecting on the plate or blanket between the halftone dots; or by improper printing technique, such as excessive amounts of ink or printing pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Impression en creux (héliogravure)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Remplissage des points de trame (héliogravure) ou des interstices entre les points (typographie, flexographie) qui se traduit par une densité des demi-teintes supérieure à leur valeur nominale. En offset, le bouchage est dû à l'élargissement excessif des points de trame.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

The highest machine finish that can be produced; a finish of uncoated book paper between that of high machine finish of conventional grades and supercalendered finish; the reason is that book paper for this finish is highly filled with a clay that takes a high polish. It is the best adapted of the machine finish papers to halftone screen printing by letterpress. Such a paper has a high bulking number of about 650 to 750 pages per 25 mm(1") for 67 g/m²(45 lbX25X38X500) weight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Fini de surface qui se situe entre le fini machine et un fini obtenu par supercalandrage. C'est le plus haut fini pouvant être obtenu sur une machine à papier et le mieux adapté à l'impression des demi-tons (points de trame) typographiques.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Reproduction
  • Photography
DEF

In an illustration, the gradual fading of the background away from the principal subject so that it finally blends into the unprinted paper. Usually prepared by air-brushing applied to the artwork, but may be added by handwork on continuous-tone negatives or positives, or by dot-etching halftone positives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production graphique
  • Photographie
DEF

Prolongement des contours d'une illustration par un fond gris qui va en s'affaiblissant insensiblement.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A halftone illustration which fades softly into the whiteness of the paper with no sharp edge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Simili dont les contours sont prolongés par un fond gris qui va en s'affaiblissant insensiblement.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Letterpress (printing methods)
DEF

A letterpress-machine printing fault in which irregular movement between paper and forme causes halftone dots to be distorted, or letters to show a double impression. The cause may be an incorrectly packed cylinder, faulty makeready, or a mechanical defect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (procédés d'impression)
DEF

En typographie, doublage de l'impression provoqué par un glissement de la feuille.

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

Smooth finished paper suitable for halftone reproduction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier offrant un fini lisse qui se prête à la reproduction des illustrations par similigravure.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Platemaking (Printing)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A halftone screen of up to about 85 lines to the inch; used on rough finish paper.

OBS

A 55-line screen is generally considered a rather coarse screen, an 85- to 110-line screen about medium, and screens with a ruling of 133 or more lines are usually considered fine. The higher the screen ruling number is, the more detail will be present in the printed image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Clicherie (Imprimerie)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Trame de similigravure comportant jusqu'à environ 85 lignes au pouce; utilisée sur papier très ordinaire, très souvent un papier non satiné grossier.

Spanish

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