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Pre-Press Terminology

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aliasing

alpha channel

anti-aliasing

attribute

banding

bitmap

bleed

browser safe

choke

clipping path

CMYK

color correction

composite

crop

CTP

densiometer

digital proof

dithering

dot gain

downsample

DTP

duotone

dye sublimation

dynamic range

EPS

extension

font

font family

FPO

gamut

giclee

GIF

gradient

halftone

hexachrome

hi-res, hi-rez

histogram

illegal attribute

imagesetter

imposition

IMPROOF™

indexed color

interpolation

Iris

ISO-9660

JPEG

kerning

Kodak Approval™

Lab

layout

leading

line screen

live area

low-res, lo-rez

LZW

mask

Matchprint™

midtone

moiré

multiple master

operating systems

OPI

optical resolution

out of gamut

outline font

overlay proof

overprint

page layout

Pantone™

PDF

pixel

platesetter

platform

PNG

point

PostScript

PostScript font

printer's spread

process colors

proof

quadtone

Rainbow™

raster graphic

reader's spreads

resample

resolution

RGB

rich black

RIP

rosette

sans serif

scanner

scatter proof

screen angles

SCSI

separation

separations

serif

Service Bureau

spot color

spread

stochastic

SWOP

TIFF

total ink

trap

trim

tritone

TrueType

typeface

unsharp mask

upsample

vector graphic

vignette

Web

web press

Web safe colors

xtension

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