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Record 1 2004-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Photoengraving
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

Photoelectric equipment used for scanning full-colour copy by reading the relative densities of the copy to make colour separations. A colour picture is thus broken down into four images representing the black, yellow, green and magenta portions.

Key term(s)
  • colour-separation scanner
  • color-separation scanner

French

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

Appareil électronique de photogravure effectuant automatiquement la sélection des couleurs primaires, analyse qui donne naissance, non à une, mais à quatre matrices, une pour chaque couleur primaire plus le noir.

OBS

En France, le Journal officiel préconise la francisation de la graphie : scanneur.

Spanish

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