Xerox C8 - DocuPrint Color Inkjet Printer, User Manual

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DTP Abbreviation for Desktop Publishing. The process of page production
using personal computers, off-the-shelf software and an output
device such as a printer or imagesetter. Usually, these components
form a system that is driven by a device-independent page description
language such as PostScript.
EPS
Abbreviation for Encapsulated PostScript, a graphic file format used
to transfer PostScript, graphic files from one program to another. It
includes both a low-resolution preview and the high resolution
PostScript image description. On the Macintosh, the preview is in
PICT format, on the PC it is in TIFF format. Also known as EPSF.
Finishing stage Stage following the press process, which may include procedures such
as laminating, perforating and varnishing.
Font A complete assortment of letters, numbers, punctuation marks,
characters etc. of a given design and size.
Frame A color overlap created intentionally at a color border so as to
minimize the effects of misregistration. Also known as trap or grip.
See also
Trapping .
Frequency modulated screens
A method of creating halftones where the spots are all the same size,
but the frequency or number of dot changes in a given area. There are
more dots in a dark area and fewer in a light area.
Frozen job A job for which the appropriate paper stock is not available, for
example, the correct paper type, paper size or paper weight.
GCR Abbreviation for Gray Component Replacement. Method for
reducing the CMY amounts that produce the gray component in a
color, without changing the color hue.
Graduated blend
See
Degradé
.
Gravure printing A printing method in which the image is engraved through a screen
below the surface of a cylinder. The ink is transferred to paper when
pressed to the cylinder. Gravure is used for very long print runs and
on many substrates.
Gray component The amounts of CMY in a color, which result in neutral gray, based on
the lowest separation value of the color. See also
GCR
.
Grayscale A scale of gray tones from white to black. Digitally, grayscale images
have up to 256 different levels of gray. See also
8 bit/1 byte image
.