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HAND ETCHING [4 records]

Record 1 2021-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

First, hatchery workers anesthetize the fish … They then clip the adipose fin and hand a container of clipped fish to the tagger, who operates a tagging machine that injects a tiny coded wire into the cartilage of the fish's snout. … The tags are so tiny that they have to be examined under a microscope to see their etching.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Pêche commerciale

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

Available in the Floor Model and the Table Top Model, hand operated or motor driven, the combination press eliminates the need for the private shop to purchase both lithography and etching presses. The printer may quickly attach the litho upper assembly or the etching upper assembly to the frame unit and have the versatility needed to print many types of artwork.

French

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

Machine à imprimer qui combine habituellement deux procédés d'impression tels que flexographie et sérigraphie, flexographie et héliogravure ou flexographie et offset.

OBS

presse mixte; rotative mixte : termes et définition tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

A method of tone and colour correction of halftone positives with chemical reducers that is widely used in lithography to reduce dot size and thus the density of halftone images on photographic intermediates.

OBS

Dot etching is usually done on halftone positives. These can be used without further conversion for the photomechanical production of certain types of lithographic image carriers, in particular for deep-etch plates. The extent to which dot sizes are reduced depends on the job in hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure
DEF

Réduction des points d'une similigravure à l'aide d'une seconde morsure. La retouche la plus courante et celle particulière à l'offset consiste à réduire, sur les positifs tramés, la surface des points de simili.

OBS

Le retoucheur couvre d'un vernis imperméable les valeurs correctes et attaque les autres avec un affaiblisseur; les points voient leur surface se dissoudre et leur grosseur diminuer progressivement. Cette opération est répétée autant de fois qu'il est nécessaire, par réserves et affaiblissements successifs, avec, s'il y a lieu, des dégradés au pinceau.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts
DEF

To make a drawing, design, etc. on metal, glass by the action of an acid esp. by coating the surface with wax and letting acid eat into lines or areas laid bare with a special needle. To engrave in this way, for use in printing such drawing, design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
OBS

Quillet - gravure.

Spanish

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