Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Mottle
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1. Spotty or speckled printing due to uneven ink absorption.
2. Paper manufactured with a trace of heavily dyed fibers which are a different color than the paper. Also referred to as granite paper.
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- Mounted
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Damaged leaves, illustrations, maps, and/or photographs that have been strengthened by backing with paper or thin cloth.
Also describes an illustration that has been Mounted, or Tipped, onto a blank page.
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- Mounting Board
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- Moving Beam Scanner
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A bar code scanner in which a moving light beam, rather than a stationary one, is used to scan and decode a bar code symbol.
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- MPA
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Magazine Publishers of America
The industry association for consumer magazines. Established in 1919, the MPA represents more than 240 domestic publishing companies with approximately 1,400 titles, more than 80 international companies and more than 100 associate members.
Staffed by magazine industry specialists, the MPA is headquartered in New York City, with an office of government affairs in Washington, DC.
http://www.magazine.org/
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- MPEG
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Motion Picture Experts Group
A digital file format using compression to store movie files.
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- MS
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Manuscript
The original text of an author’s work, handwritten or typed.
It can also refer to a book or document written before the invention of printing.
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- MSDA
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Material Safety Data Sheets
Written or printed sheets that contain information about the potential hazards of a chemical and the precaution and protection information to use for safety purposes.
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- MSI
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- MSS
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Manuscript
The original text of an author’s work, handwritten or typed.
It can also refer to a book or document written before the invention of printing.
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- Mullen Test
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A test used to measure the bursting strength of paper. Also referred to as pop test.
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- Mullen Tester
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A device invented by the American engineer John Mullen to test the bursting strength of paper.
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- Multi-Buyer
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The file of duplicates which have been found from two or more lists having gone through the merge/purge process. The duplicates file contains the names of consumers who have made more than o
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- Multi-Domain
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The ability of an Internet server to host more than one domain.
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- Multi-part Forms
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A form that consists of two or more parts, designed so that printing on the top part transfers an image to the lower parts by use of carbon inbetween parts or by the use of carbonless paper.
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- Multi-user
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A computer system designed to be used by more than one user at one time.
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- Multifunction
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All-in-one
A printer that has additional features, such as scanning or faxing.
The most common form is a printer/scanner/copier.
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- Multiline Optical Character Reader
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MLOCR
A machine that can read an entire address block and then translate it into a corresponding bar code. It then prints the bar code and sorts the mail to the appropriate stackers.
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- Multilith Master
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A paper plater that is used on a small offset printing press.
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- Multimedia
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Term used for media products and services which are saved, transmitted and depicted electronically.
Important features of multimedia include the combination of static (text and image) and dynamic (audio, animation and video) elements and the interactivity of its content.
In order to use multimedia, it must be possible to transmit data between the content location and the user in both directions.
Video components involve large quantities of data which require correspondingly high transmission rates.
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- Multimedia Messaging
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Electronic messaging that contains various data types such as text, audio, video, animation, graphics, 3-D images, etc.
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- Multimedia Networking
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The ability to transmit multimedia data types over traditional and emerging data communications paths.
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- Multiple Up
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Refers to the printing of two or more pages of data on the same side of a sheet of paper, for example, 2-up, 3-up or 4 up.
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- Multiprocessing
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The execution of multiple programs by two or more cooperating CPUs at the same time.
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- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
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MIME
A protocol that allows a mail system to attach binary files such as spreadsheets, graphics, video and sound.
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- Multitasking
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Performing more than one task at a time, such as running two or more computer programs at the same time.
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- Murray-Davies Formula
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Equation to calculate the optical area coverage or the total reflection factor from the combined values of printed and non-printed areas.
The tone values in a densitometer are defined in accordance with this equation.
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- MuseDoma
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Museum Domain Management Association
The Museum Domain Management Association was created in 2000 by ICOM and the J. Paul Getty Trust.
MuseDoma is the sponsoring organization for the .museum top-level domain, which uses a wildcard DNS record for unregistered *.museum domains.
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- Museum Domain Management Association
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MuseDoma
The Museum Domain Management Association was created in 2000 by ICOM and the J. Paul Getty Trust.
MuseDoma is the sponsoring organization for the .museum top-level domain, which uses a wildcard DNS record for unregistered *.museum domains.
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- Museum of Modern Art
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Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world.
Through the leadership of its trustees and staff, The Museum of Modern Art manifests this commitment by establishing, preserving, and documenting a permanent collection of the highest order that reflects the vitality, complexity, and unfolding patterns of modern and contemporary art; by presenting exhibitions and educational programs of unparalleled significance; by sustaining a library, archives, and conservation laboratory that are recognized as international centers of research; and by supporting scholarship and publications of preeminent intellectual merit.
Central to The Museum of Modern Art’s mission is the encouragement of an ever deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art by the diverse local, national, and international audiences that it serves.
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