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TYPON [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

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

Direct image plates: Specially treated paper or plastic plates which can be typed or written on. They are used for short-run, small size work that is often associated with office duplicating.

OBS

generally a plate on which the image is type or written directly, but the image can also be made in a camera.

OBS

for "Duplimat" : Marque de commerce de la compagnie Addressograph-Multigraph of Canada Limited. Ce procédé aujourd'hui désuet ne serait plus commercialisé par cette compagnie.

Key term(s)
  • direct image master

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
  • Reprographie
OBS

généralement une forme sur laquelle l’image est dactylographiée ou écrite directement, bien qu’elle puisse également être produite par photographie.

OBS

«cliché à image directe» : Les divers modes de confection des clichés offset(...) sont sommairement résumés ci-après : a) Pour la création de documents.-Dessin ou frappe directe sur cliché offset papier ou aluminium.-Dessin ou frappe sur papier blanc avec ou sans montage de portions préimprimés et élaboration d’un typon en vraie grandeur(...)

Key term(s)
  • Duplimat
  • cliché à frappe directe
  • cliché à dessin direct

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silk-Screen Printing
CONT

While there are several different methods in the silk screen process which result in different levels of quality, the process is generally the same. A frame of either wood or metal is stretched with a fine mesh fabric of silk, nylon, polyester or stainless steel. A photographic emulsion (called direct emulsion) is then either applied to the mesh, prior to exposure, or a photographic emulsion film (call indirect emulsion) is prepared prior to exposure with a hi-output UV [ultra violet] light source with a film positive containing the information to be printed, one color at a time ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sérigraphie
CONT

Reproduction du typon sur le cadre par une couche d’émulsion photosensible.

Spanish

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