Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Film Laminate
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Thin sheet of plastic adhered to printed paper for protection.
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- Film Mechanical
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A mechanical on which type and design elements in the form of film positives are stripped into position on a sheet of base film.
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- Film Positive
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- Film Presence Indicator Flag
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Feature on Advanced Photo System cameras that indicates the film cassette has been loaded properly.
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- Film Reduction
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Intentional around-cylinder compensation of the image to address flexographic plate printing characteristics.
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- Film Safe
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Describes the fact that Advanced Photo System film is sealed in the cassette; avoids the danger of exposure to light before shooting and mishandling of negatives after shooting.
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- Film Speed
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The measure of sensitivity of photographic film to light. The more sensitive the film is the faster it is.
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- Film Status Indicators
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The four icons on Advanced Photo System film cassettes that show the film status – unexposed, partially exposed, fully exposed or processed.
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- Filmsetter
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An output device which produces film positives or negatives directly from Ripped data.
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- Filter
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A colored piece of glass or other transparent material used over the lens to emphasize, eliminate, or change the color or density of the entire scene or certain areas within a scene.
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- FIM
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Facing Identification Mark
A series of vertical bars printed in the upper right corner, to the left of the postage area on the mail piece. The bars are used by automated postal equipment to identify, separate and orient reply mail.
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- Final Count
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- Final Negatives
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- Final Proof
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The last proof showing that is reviewed, approved, and signed and then sent to the printer.
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- Findability
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A term used in online marketing that describes a web site’s ability to be found easily via the search engines, directories, and other online resources.
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- Finder
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A viewing device on a camera to show the subject area that will be recorded on the film.
Also known as viewfinder and projected frame.
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- Findings
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Badge and jewelry fasteners such as pins, clips and clasps.
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- Fine
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- Of superior quality, skill, or appearance.
- Very sharp; keen: a blade with a fine edge.
- Exhibiting careful and delicate artistry.
- Trained to the highest degree of physical efficiency.
- Characterized by refinement or elegance.
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- Fine Binding
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An elaborately designed book; for example, a book that is bound in leather with blind stamps and gilt edges.
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- Fine Etching
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The process of etching dots on metal to correct tone values when making printing plates.
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- Fine Merchant, Fine Paper Distributor
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Firm which confines its sales and distribution activities to fine printing papers only.
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- Fine Papers
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A category of paper that includes grades for writing and printing as opposed to the more coarse and industrial grades of paper. Also referred to as graphic and cultural papers.
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- Fine Print
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1. A New York based company that has been recognized for perserving the print craft.
2. A reference to imaginary small type in a policy contract supposedly containing exclusions, reductions, exemptions, and limitations of coverage. Most state laws include specifications for the minimum type size that can be used in a policy, and they also provide that exclusions cannot be printed in type smaller than that used to print the benefits.
3. A small, often specialized element of a whole: detail, item, particular, technicality.
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- Fine Printer
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A printer that perserves the carft of printing while upholding the standard of excellence
associated with such a title. Printing books, magazines, and art are some examples that
many people serach for a printer with such attention to detail.
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- Fine Screen
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- Finger
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A UNIX program that takes an e-mail address as input and returns information about that user. Some systems return information such as the user’’s full name, address, and telephone number.
On other systems, it only reports whether their user is currently logged on. Of course, the user must of first entered this information into the system.
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- Finger Joint, Glued Timber Joint
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Glued length-wise jointing of timber pieces used in load-bearing structures
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- Fingerprinting
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Printers ‘fingerprint’ their presses with a variety of different papers. In fact, they often have specific performance data for the combination of paper, press, and pre-press techniques being used. Printers can be invaluable in helping specify a sheet.
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- Finish
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The surface characteristics of paper stock, such as luster, or texture which differs from grade to grade. Different finishes have varying degree of printability, smoothness, and ink receptivity.
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- Finished Art
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Hand lettering, charts, color blocks, illustrations, photographs, etc., ready for camera.
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