| Electronic Front End (Electronic Composition) | ||||||||||||
| An electronic front end or electronic composition refers to prepress processes that are done on a personal computer, the modern evolution in printing processes. The advent of more powerful computers and readily available design software has made the electronic front end of printing projects possible ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Electronic Image Assembly | ||||||||||||
| Electronic image assembly is the computer-aided process of gathering and compiling the necessary elements of a composite image. This typically refers to the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black images used to reproduce a composite image in the four color process. Electronic image assembly may also in ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Electronic Mechanical | ||||||||||||
| An electronic mechanical is made up of the electronic file(s) needed to produce a paper or film hardcopy that is used as the publication-master, as opposed to the paste-up of elements made for the printers camera. The electronic mechanical files are made up of the type, graphic illustrations, and ov ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Electronic Proof | ||||||||||||
| In the printing industry, an electronic proof provides for a physical preview of the final product, eliminating the need to prepare an offset printer for a proof. The electronic proof process exposes paper to the color separation plates of an image by passing the paper through an electrically cha ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Electronic Publishing | ||||||||||||
| Electronic publishing refers to the production of text that is traditionally published in hardcopy form via book, newspaper, journal, magazine, etc. Electronic publishing in its early stages involved production of material via photocopier and faximile. Now electronic publishing has moved mainly into ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Emulsion | ||||||||||||
| Emulsion, or photo emulsion, is the process whereby photosensitive materials used to prepare a screen are exposed to ultraviolet light. The screen is coated with emulsion and then a positive film image is placed between the screen and a light source. The emulsion exposed to light becomes hard and ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Emulsion Down/ Up | ||||||||||||
| The process of printing involves a chemical called emulsion, which coats the film and actually holds the image. Emulsion down/ up refers to the orientation of the image or type on the film. Emulsion down means the image is legible when the emulsion side of the film is facing downward and emulsion up ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Encapsulated Postscript File | ||||||||||||
| An encapsulated postscript file is a file format used to transfer graphics from one program to another. In the process of creating an encapsulated postscript file, the graphic is defined in the terms of the postscript page description language for transfer use in another program, such as for printin ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| End Sheet | ||||||||||||
| The end sheet is a piece of paper that attaches the cover of a book to the text block at the front and end of a book. One side of the end sheet is pasted to the cover and the other becomes the first or last leaf of the book. Also called pastedown or end paper. ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| English Finish | |||
| An English finish describes an uncoated paper made from short fibers having a high mineral content. The resulting paper is smooth and non-glossy. Paper with an English finish is smoother than a machine finish, having a soft and flexible consistency that is useful for the imprinting process. It is al ... Read More | |||
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