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INK SETTING [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2017-02-07

English

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

[An ink] made from carbon black with a blue toner, mixed in a heavy-bodied vehicle.

OBS

[An halftone ink] should be dense, clean working, quick setting and hard drying.

French

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

Encre principalement utilisée lors de la mise en œuvre d'impressions typographiques, composée de noir de carbone, de pigment bleu, de gilsonite, d'huiles (minérale et de résine) et d'un vernis oléarésineux et au temps de séchage (par oxydation) relativement long.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-10-13

English

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

A roller that constitutes one side of the ink fountain on an offset press. It turns intermittently and carries a film of ink which varies in thickness according to the setting of the fountain blade.

OBS

The fountain roller [is] also called in the pressroom the "fountain ball" (a reminder that inking was for a long time done with an ink ball).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Dans l'encrier d'une presse offset, cylindre qui, en tournant s'enduit d'une couche d'encre dont l'épaisseur se trouve réglée au moyen de la lame d'encrier de ses vis.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-01-12

English

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

After setting, the film of ink is not dry, but has developed sufficient rub resistance to avoid set-off under normal conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Séchage partiel de l'encre par la pénétration partielle du liant dans le papier.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le terme «prise de l'encre» utilisé dans le sens de «trapping».

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-10-25

English

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

Ink made from plasticized synthetic resin dissolved in a volatile vehicle and then set by heating the printed sheet.

Key term(s)
  • thermo-setting ink
  • thermo setting ink

French

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

Encre faite de résine synthétique plastifiée dissoute dans un véhicule volatil [dont le] séchage [...] s'effectue par chauffage, ce qui entraîne la polymérisation du vernis.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-07-19

English

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

A solid ink that, when used on a "hot press" (one that has a heated cylinder), melts into a liquid that then solidifies on contact with the paper.

OBS

Magazines, newspaper inserts, catalogs and directories usually are printed with cold-set ink on web offset presses on absorbent paper. Cold-set inks contain about 30 percent soybean oil. They have a paste-like consistency and are designed for open-fountain equipment.

Key term(s)
  • cold set ink
  • cold setting ink

French

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

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-11-20

English

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

Letterpress ink made for moisture-set in-line curing which consists of water-insoluble pigments and a vehicle of a water-insoluble binder dissolved in a hydrophillic solvent of glycols.

OBS

Moisture setting is done by the moisture in the air or the substrate, or by adding a spray of water or stream. Such ink is relatively odourless so it is often used in food package printing.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A bevelled blade attached to the fountain by means of adjusting screws; the amount of ink delivered by the fountain or duct roller is regulated by setting the blade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Lame biseautée fixée à l'encrier au moyen de vis de réglage; la quantité d'encre obtenue de l'encrier ou du cylindre d'encrier est déterminée en réglant la position de la lame.

Spanish

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