Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Fixed Location
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An element whose position remains constant from issue to issue, for example, the name of magazine on the front cover of a periodical.
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- Fixed Spacing
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The placement of characters on a line so that each of them takes up the same amount of space horizontally.
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- Fixed-Focus Lens
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A lens that has been focused in a fixed position by the manufacturer. The user does not have to adjust the focus of this lens.
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- Fixing
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Chemical action following development to remove unexposed silver halide, to make the image stable and insensitive to further exposure.
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- Fixing Bath
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A solution that removes any light-sensitive silver-halide crystals not acted upon by light or developer, leaving a black-and-white negative or print unalterable by further action of light.
Also referred to as hypo.
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- Flag
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A strip of paper protruding from a roll or skid of paper. May be used to mark a splice in a roll of paper or used to mark off reams in a skid.
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- Flair
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Uneven trimming at the head and foot of a saddle stitched or perfect bound book that cause some pages to have an overhang.Multiple inserts, dull knives, bad folds are some of the things that can cause this error.
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- Flame
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A searing newsgroup, bulletin board, or e-mail message in which the writer attacks another participant in overly harsh, and often personal, terms.
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- Flame Polishing
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A technique for smoothing and polishing the edges of a material using an open flame.
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- Flame Resistant Paper
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A paper that will resist flames due to having been treated with a special chemical. It is not completely fireproof but it does not carry a flame and does not support combustion.
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- Flap Copy
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The text that appears on the front or back flaps of a dust jacket.
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- Flash
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An application developed by Macromedia Inc. for binding graphic animations into Internet pages. Macromedia offers various software tools for creating Flash animations. To view these animations, the Flash Player plug-in is required, which is available free of charge.
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- Flash Card Reader
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Connected to the computer, the reader device will accept several types of cards for the downloading of image files. This will enable computers without built-in slots for cards to accept image files from digital cameras.
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- Flash Exposure
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In halftone photography, the supplementary exposure given to strengthen the dots in the shadow areas of negatives.
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- Flash Fill
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A setting on a digital camera’’s flash or the process of using the camera’’s flash to fill in shadowed areas that are low on light .
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- Flash Memory
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Technology for storing images which uses semiconductor chips instead of magnetic media.
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- Flash Point
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A term given to the lowest temperature of ignitibility of vapors given off by a substance.
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- Flash-Curing
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Most screen printing on garments is done with wet ink going onto wet ink. Certain jobs and most dark garment prints need to have key colors (such as white) dried or cured before another color can print on-top of it.
On an automatic press a flash-curing heater replaces one of the print heads. Some jobs also need a short cool-down period before the next color is printed. Therefore, what appears to be a simple six color design with one flash-cure would need a minimum of eight printing stations – six for the colors, one for the flash heater and one for the cooldown.
Flash-curing will often slow the production cycle of the job.
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- FlashPix
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Developed in 1995 by Kodak, Microsoft, HP and LivePicture, this image format allows you to save images in several different resolutions.
It supports multi-resolution images, continual downloads without loss of quality, and the use of metadata.
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- Flat
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1. The assembled composite of negatives or positives ready for platemaking.
2. It is also used to refer to camera-ready copy mounted and ready to be photographed.
3. Used to describe a photograph that is lacking in contrast, seeming weak and lifeless.
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- Flat
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Too low in contrast. The range in density in a negative or print is too short.
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- Flat Assembly
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Also known as Stripping – To assemble and combine film or negatives to produce the final film for platemaking. This process is now done electronically by many companies, bypassing the manual process altogether.
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- Flat Charge
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A single price given for the full quantity ordered or for an added feature, opposed to a price given per M units.
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- Flat Color
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Printing two or more colors on a sheet without having the color dots overlap each other to create a blend of colors. Differs from process color, which blends 4 colors to produce a broad range of colors.
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- Flat Cutter
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A programmable machine used to cut stacks of flat sheets or books uniformly to any desired size. Also used to clamp count.
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- Flat Etching
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The chemical reduction of the silver deposit in a continuous-tone or halftone plate, brought about by placing it in a tray containing an etching solution.
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- Flat Form
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An electronic form that has been printed and will have information hand enter on it.
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- Flat Height
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The top of the flat characters in a group of characters, such as the uppercase H height.
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- Flat Lighting
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Lighting that produces very little contrast or modeling on the subject plus a minimum of shadows.
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- Flat Mailer
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An insertion machine which accommodate 9” x 12” and 10” x 13” envelopes only.
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