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HALFTONE PRINT [4 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

A term generally applied to colour plates to print in two or more colours, such as line and tint work, two-colour halftone, three-colour halftone, planographic and intaglio work in colour.

OBS

Curiously there is no paging in the English version of this work, whereas the French version is paged, but in both versions the terms are classified alphabetically.

Key term(s)
  • color work
  • color printing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Impression en deux couleurs ou plus.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
CONT

Agfa's innovative screening technology works with the high-resolution Grand Sherpa to deliver a colour-accurate halftone rosette that replicates every characteristic of the final print.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
CONT

La nouvelle technologie de tramage d'Agfa fonctionne conjointement avec le Grand Sherpa haute résolution pour offrir une rosette en demi-tons aux couleurs précises qui reproduit chaque détail de l'impression finale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-09-24

English

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

The non-inked areas of a printing plate or print.

OBS

This includes the large area of a printing plate or print where there is no image, and also the open areas between lines and halftone dots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Aires non encrées de la plaque d'impression.

OBS

blancs : terme rarement utilisé au singulier (blanc).

Key term(s)
  • blanc

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-03-24

English

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

A screened print, or "velox" as it is more commonly known, differs from an ordinary photographic print in that the halftone pattern has been incorporated at the start of the reproduction process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Reproduction en similigravure (par points) d'une photographie ordinaire.

Spanish

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