Printing, Display & Output
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Alpha-cellulose Paper
Paper made from highly purified wood pulp with lignin removed, offering archival stability at lower cost than cotton.
Printing, Display & OutputBaryta Paper
An inkjet paper coated with barium sulphate, imitating the surface and depth of traditional darkroom fibre-based paper.
Printing, Display & OutputBlack Point Compensation
A conversion option that maps the source's darkest tone to the destination's darkest tone rather than clipping it.
Printing, Display & OutputBorder
An area of unprinted paper deliberately left around an image.
Printing, Display & OutputBronzing
A metallic sheen visible in dark areas of a pigment print when viewed at an oblique angle.
Printing, Display & OutputChromogenic Print
A print made on light-sensitive photographic paper and developed in chemistry, whether exposed from a negative or by a digital light source.
Printing, Display & OutputCMYK
The subtractive four-ink model — cyan, magenta, yellow and black — used in commercial printing.
Printing, Display & OutputCotton Rag Paper
Paper made entirely from cotton fibre, with no wood pulp, giving high permanence and a soft matte surface.
Printing, Display & OutputDelta E
A numerical measure of the perceived difference between two colours, used to quantify display and print accuracy.
Printing, Display & OutputDisplay Pixel Density
The number of pixels per inch on a screen, which determines how much image detail it can actually show.
Printing, Display & OutputDmax
The maximum density a print can achieve, measuring how dark its blacks are.
Printing, Display & OutputDot Gain
The tendency of printed halftone dots to spread as ink is absorbed, making the result darker than intended.
Printing, Display & OutputDPI
Dots per inch: the number of individual ink droplets a printer places along an inch of paper.
Printing, Display & OutputDry Mounting
Bonding a print to a board using a heat-activated adhesive tissue in a press.
Printing, Display & OutputDuotone
A print made from two inks, typically black plus one colour, giving a monochrome image more tonal depth than black alone.
Printing, Display & OutputDye Ink
Ink whose colourant is dissolved in liquid and absorbed into the paper's coating.
Printing, Display & OutputDye-sublimation
A printing process in which solid dye is heated into a gas that diffuses into a receiving surface and solidifies there.
Printing, Display & OutputExhibition Print
A print made to the highest standard for gallery display, with materials and finishing chosen for both appearance and longevity.
Printing, Display & OutputFraming Glass
The transparent glazing that protects a framed print, available in grades differing in reflection and ultraviolet filtering.
Printing, Display & OutputGamut Warning
A soft-proofing overlay that flags pixels whose colours the destination profile cannot reproduce.
Printing, Display & OutputGiclée
A marketing term for a fine-art inkjet print, generally implying pigment inks on archival paper.
Printing, Display & OutputGloss Differential
A visible difference in surface sheen between inked and uninked areas of a glossy print.
Printing, Display & OutputGlossy Paper
Paper with a smooth, highly reflective surface that maximises apparent contrast and colour saturation.
Printing, Display & OutputHalftone
The reproduction of continuous tone by a grid of dots that vary in size, creating the impression of shades from a single ink.