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Record 1 2007-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
OBS

The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation is a member-supported, nonprofit, technical, and education organization serving the international graphic communications industries. It is the oldest continuous organization of its kind in graphic communications. From its small beginnings in 1924 as the Lithographic Technical Foundation, this industry-inspired and member-directed Foundation has grown into one of the world's leading centers for graphic communications research and education. Today, the programs at GATF cover all major communications processes and their applications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
OBS

The Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF), along with its affiliates, deliver products and services that enhance the growth, efficiency, and profitability of its members and the industry through: Advocacy, Education, Research, and Technical information. The 1999 consolidation of PIA and GATF brought together two powerful partners-the world's largest graphic arts trade association, and a technical, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of the graphic communications industries worldwide. Located in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, the consolidated organization serves the interests of more than 12,000 member companies and an industry with more than $171.5 billion in revenue and 1.08 million employees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
OBS

Organisme établi en Pennsylvanie, (États-Unis).

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-08-13

English

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

The colour triangle is a diagram developed by the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation for plotting data relative to colour (i.e. hue and grayness) in order to determine the suitability of inks for colour reproduction. Although both the colour triangle and the colour circle serve the same purpose, the advantage of the triangle is that the mixture of two colours falls on a straight line joining the two colours, whereas on the circle the lines are curved.

OBS

The triangle has also been modified so that masking percentages for photography can be read directly from the triangle. Masking percentages can also be derived from the circle, but a specific template must be used.

French

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

Le triangle chromatique donne un moyen simple d'exprimer visuellement l'erreur de teinte et le gris des encres colorées.

Spanish

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