Mony15's Blog

vocab 4-15-10

mony15 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:20:59 +0000

AGATE: body type measuring approximately 5 and a half points. the agate is frequently used to specify the depth of newspaper advertising. Fourteen agate lines are equivalent to one colum inch.

ALIASING: a jagged”staircase” effect in a razor image, caused by an insufficient number of images samples.

4-14-10

mony15 — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:17:48 +0000

VXD: virtual device driver

WORM: write once, read many

ZM: zoomed video

vocab 4-13-10

mony15 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:20:39 +0000

TCF: totally chlorine free(paper)

TMP: thermomechanical paper pulp

USB: universal serial bus

VON: voice on/over the Next

vocab 1-25

mony15 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:27:00 +0000

archival: term loosely used to refer to material that can be used without side effects in the conversation or care improvement artifacts

archival printing: techniques for printing books, documnts, and records intended to last 150 years or more.

autochrome: the first commercially successful screen plate for color photopraphy, introduced in 1904 by auguste and louis luminere in lyons, france.

vocab 1-14-10

mony15 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:27:33 +0000

supercalandar- in paper-making a calander stack, separate from the papermaking machine, with alternate metal and resilient rolls used to produce a high finish on paper.

1-12-10

mony15 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:22:29 +0000

substrate- any material that can be printed on, such as paper, plastic, or fabric

vocab 1-11-10

mony15 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:20:23 +0000

STRIKE-ON CONPOSITION OR COLD TYPE= type set on type-writer composing machines

STRIPPING- in image assembly, the positioning of negative or positive on a float to compose a page or layout for platemaking. In printing, ink stripping on ink rollers prevented by plastic or cooper coated steel rollers in the ink roller train

vocab 1-8-10

mony15 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:13:12 +0000

STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY- used widely by creative professionals in needed of ready-made images that illustrate a spacific lifestyle, scene, mood or procces. some stock image royalty-free, but most carry a fee based on usage

STONE- in lithograph, formerly used as the plate material and presently used by artist as an art medium. in letterpress, the bed on which medal type is leveled and locked up.

vocab 12-17-09

mony15 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:23:36 +0000

scsi- is an interface used to transmit digital data and to connect computers to peripherals. an industry-standard interface for hard drives and other storage devises that allows for a very fast transfer of information

serif- a file server provides file data interchange between compatible periphal devises on a local area network. servers are identified by the type or recoarce they provide.

11-17-09

mony15 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:02 +0000

mouse- in computers, a hand-held devise that moves the cursors on a workstation by moving the devise on a flat surface.

mylar- o=in offset preperation a polyester film specially suited for stripping positive because of its mechanical strength and dimentional stability.