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MACULAGE [8 records]

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Record 1 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

This money included bait money as well as dye-pack money, the latter not being real and meant to explode through a triggering mechanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
OBS

Lorsque le contexte est suffisamment explicite, le terme «billets piégés» peut également être employé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Coins and Bank Notes
CONT

The dye pack device was invented as a way to non-violently render a bank robbery pointless by permanently staining the stolen money a bright red color, alerting everyone to the fact that the money being passed to them is stolen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

The faulty transfer of undried ink from one printed sheet to the next in the delivery pile of the press or during subsequent handling operations.

OBS

Often incorrectly referred to as "offset" or "offsetting".

Key term(s)
  • set off
  • setting off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Décalque partiel d'une impression fraîche sur le verso de la feuille suivante au contact de cette impression.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Artes gráficas e imprenta
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Record 4 2002-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

Setoff from one print to a facing print or sheet.

OBS

It occurs when printed pages are folded or printed sheets are stacked too soon after printing.

Key term(s)
  • opposite page set off
  • second impression set off
  • second impression setoff
  • companion page set-off
  • companion page set off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Maculage provenant du contact entre deux imprimés, soit opposés après pliage, soit successifs dans une pile.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

Setoff when the ink image on the sheet transfers to the non-image areas of the blanket of a following unit.

OBS

This ink prints onto the next sheet out-of-register causing the appearance of doubling. It can also be caused by rippling or premature contact of paper with the form or offset blanket.

Key term(s)
  • second impression set off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Maculage provenant de l'encre transférée d'une première impression au cylindre de pression de l'unité d'impression suivante.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
DEF

Setoff when the paper is printed on the second printing nip while the print from the first impression is still fresh.

Key term(s)
  • first impression set off

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Maculage provenant de l'encre transférée d'une première impression à une barre de retournement et maculée sur les imprimés suivants.

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

A low, chemically produced photographic density in unexposed areas of photographic emulsion, usually not dependent on the silver in the emulsion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

The back gray is unbleached cotton cloth, whose chief purpose is to protect the blanket and prevent staining by color paste.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
CONT

le tissu est accolé (...) à un feutre sans fin par l'intermédiaire d'une toile circulant également sans fin, appelée doublier; elle a pour fonction de protéger le feutre du maculage.

Spanish

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