Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Centimeter
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A metric length measurement. 2.54 centimeters equals 1 inch.
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- Central Impression
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A press with a number of printing units around a large cylinder that serves as the impression cylinder against which the substrate rides.
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- Century Schoolbook
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A popular serif typeface used in magazines and books for text setting which has a large x-height and an open appearance.
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- CEPS
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Color Electronic Prepress System
1. Sophisticated computer controlled printing equipment, as distinguished from desktop components, designed for high-output presswork work required for data-intensive publications.
2. Computer, scanner, printer and other hardware and software designed for image assembly, color correction, retouching and output onto proofing materials, film or printing plates.
3. Computer systems used for high-quality color manipulation and preparation. The systems can consist of a microcomputer and software or it may be a high-end dedicated workstation used for this purpose only.
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- CEPT
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The European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
Established on June 26, 1959 as a coordinating body for European state telecommunications and postal organizations.
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- CERES
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Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics
The leading U.S. coalition of environmental, investor and advocacy groups working together for a sustainable future.
http://www.ceres.org
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- CERN
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Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire
Translation: The European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
A particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, where the World Wide Web was created in 1991. CERN is known for its pioneering work in the development of HTTP and HTML, which form the foundations of what we have come to know as the internet.
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- CERT
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Computer Emergency Response Team
An organization that distributes information about security threats to the Internet such as worms and viruses. This organization is based at Carnegie Mellon University.
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- CF
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- CF Paper
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Paper that has the carbonless coating applied to the front. The CF paper does not transfer an image. It accepts the image from the CB or CFB paper.
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- CFB Paper
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Paper that has the carbonless coating applied to the front and back. The CFB paper will transfer an image to another CFB paper or to a CF paper.
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- CFX
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Content File Exchange
A standard established for the publishing industry, which defines the specifications necessary for building a file exchange application. Developers of applications that will transfer job pages, page imposition, and reader order data must adhere to the CFX specifications in order for the file to be imported directly into the proper prepress workflow sequence.
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- CGI
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Common Gateway Interface
A means for transferring information between an internet server and CGI program found on Web pages to scripts or programs run on a Web server, and vice versa.
Two common uses for CGI programs are:
1. Performing database queries in response to user input.
2. Creating dynamic Web pages by assembling HTML data on the fly. The most popular language for writing CGI programs is Perl, although almost any language could be used
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- CGI-Bin Directory
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A scripts directory located on the HTTP server in which CGI programs are stored.
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- Chain Dot
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1.Alternate term for elliptical dot, so called because midtone dots touch at two points, so look like links in a chain.
2.Generic term for any midtone dots whose corners touch.
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- Chain Lines
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1.Widely spaced lines in laid paper.
2.Blemishes on printed images caused by tracking.
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- Chalking
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A powdering effect left on the surface of the paper after improper drying of the ink or coating. This occurs when the pigment within the ink or coating does not bind successfully to the paper stock
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- Chameleon
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Software that enables the client to connect to TCP/IP networks.
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- Chamfer
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A sloped surface that starts at the top of the material’s edge and ends part way down the side rather than at the bottom. The bordering appearance is similar to that which is produced by a bevel.
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- Chapbook
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A small book or pamphlet, often a collection of poetry or prose.
Previous to the mid-19th century, the term was used to describe small books of popular, sensational, juvenile, moral, or educational content sold by street merchants, known as “chapmen.”
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- Character
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In typesetting, it is a letter, number, space, punctuation mark, or symbol.
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- Character Count
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The number of characters; i.e. letters, figures, signs or spaces in a piece of copy, line or paragraph used as a first stage in type calculations.
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- Character Sets
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A limited group of characters used by computers traditionally with 256 characters defined by several international standards organizations.
Code page 1251 is the Cyrillic code page.
In typography traditionally called character sets. Code page 1252 is the Latin 1 code page used in most western languages.
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- Character Spacing
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- Characteristic Curve
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A diagram which shows the extent of dot gain occurring in the printing process, and is the graphic representation of the relationship between the tone values of the prepress product, the film or the printing plate and the corresponding tone values in printing.
Printing characteristics describe the extent to which a halftone image will get darker during printing due to dot gain.
The curve is applicable to one press and depends on different parameters. The curve is determined by means of a stepped gray wedge, and much attention must be paid to such factors as paper grade, screen, printing ink, printing press, ink filling, dampening, and even room temperature and air humidity.
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- Charge
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Either a positive or negative property of electricity, charges are used in electrophotography in order to direct or attract toner to form an image.
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- Charter Subscription
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An initial subscription price offer at the start-up of a publication that guarantees that the price will not change if subsequent renewal is done in a timely manner.
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- Charticle
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- Chase
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1. A metal frame in which metal type, dies, stamps, perforation blades, scoring blades, and/or engravings, are locked into position to make up a page to be printed on a flatbed press.
2. A metal frame for mounting a negative to use on step and repeat platemaking equipment.
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- Chat
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Chat uses instant text messages which allows you to communicate with another person or group of people through an internet connection. Also called group chats.
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