Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- S-HTTP
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Secure Hypertext Transport Protocol
A set of rules and formats that enable secure transactions over the Web.
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- S/MIME
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Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Specifications in programming that make it possible to use encryption for MIME messaging types.
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- Saddle Stitching
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The process of securing and binding the pages of a publication through the center fold with wire staples.
The term “saddle” derives from the saddle of the binding machine.
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- Safari
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A web browser developed by Apple Computer, Inc. and is available as part of Mac OS X.
It was included as the default browser in Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) and is the only browser bundled with Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger).
Safari uses Apple’s brushed metal user interface, has a bookmark management scheme that functions like the iTunes jukebox software, integrates Apple’s QuickTime multimedia technology, and features a tabbed-browsing interface similar to that of Firefox, Internet Explorer 7 and Opera.
A Google search box is a standard component of the Safari interface, as are software services that automatically fill out web forms, manage passwords via Keychain and spell check entries into web page text fields.
The browser also includes an integrated pop-up ad blocker and a configurable image blocker.
Safari
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- Safelight
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An enclosed darkroom lamp fitted with a filter to screen out light rays to which film and paper are sensitive.
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- Safelights
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Lighting in which the material being used is not sensitive to, such as red lights being used when working with orthochromatic film bec
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- Safety Interlock
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A feature on all Kodak Advantix cameras that prevents the film door from opening mid-roll and exposing film to light.
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- Safety Paper
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A type of security paper that has been manufactured with a printed pattern.
The purpose of the pattern is to show evidence of any attempt made to alter a document by erasing or by chemical alteration.
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- Sales Book
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A number of forms grouped together and bound into a book that has a cover made from heavy weight paper such as 150# tag.
The forms are filled out manually so the book will generally has a stiff backing material inside the back of the cover to give stiffness to the book.
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- Sans Serif
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- Sans Serif Type
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A typeface without serifs, the cross strokes on the ends of the letters.
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- Satellite Principle
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The principle by which offset printing works.
Several complete units, including plate cylinder, blanket, inking unit and damping unit, are arranged around a central impression cylinder.
In this way, all the colors are printed in a single, wet-on-wet process.
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- Satin Finish Paper
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- Saturation
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1. Refers to how much a particular wavelength from a light source dominates the other wavelengths.
For example, with a weak dull blue, less of the blue wavelength would be visible than with a deep bright blue. With the bright blue, the blue wavelength is dominate over the other wavelengths of light (red and green).
2. Saturation is the purity of color.
An attribute of perceived color, or the percentage of hue in a color.
Saturated colors are called vivid, strong, or deep.
Desaturated colors are called dull, weak, or washed out.
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- SC
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SC, MWC, MFC, LWC, HWC, ULWC
Standard international acronyms for weights and grades of papers used in rotary offset and letterpress printing.
Coated stock can be identified HWC (heavy-weight coated), MWC (medium-weight coated), LWC (lightweight coated), or ULWC (ultra-lightweight coated).
All are wood pulp-based, but available in many varieties. MFC (machine-finished coated) paper is made primarily from ground wood pulp, has a grammage of 48 to 80 gsm, and may be high volume.
LWC paper is particularly lightweight stock for use on rotary offset machines. SC (supercalendered) paper is an uncoated wood pulp stock based mainly on ground wood and recycled content.
It features an additional finish applied by a separate supercalender.
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- SC CB Paper
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Self Contained Coated Back Paper
Paper that has the same characteristics as self contained (SC) paper except it is also a (CB) paper which means it is coated on the back so that it can create an image on a (CF) coated front paper.
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- SC Paper
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Self Contained Paper
A self imaging carbonless paper that does not need the use of any other carbonless stock to make an image appear.
When pressure is applied, it causes the chemicals on the front of the sheet to create an image.
This paper is used in ribbonless impact printers.
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- Scale
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The capability of a program to reduce or enlarge an image.
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- Scaling
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The process of calculating the amount of enlargement or reduction necessary to get an image to fit into an area of the layout.
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- Scanned Art
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Art that has been converted into digital form for storage on a computer where it can be accessed for use in many types of applications.
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- Scanner
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1. A device for capturing image data which works by optically reading or scanning the original.
Light-sensitive sensors convert information regarding image brightness and colors into electrical values.
The two major types of scanners are the drum and the flatbed. See also drum scanner and flatbed scanner .
2. A digitized image input device that can read text and graphics from a physical image and translate it into digital data that can be understood by a computer.
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- Scarce
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Traditionally, a “scarce” publication isn’t as hard to find as a rare publication, but might take a few years to locate
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- Scatter Proof
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The term used to describe a proof of an individual photo or group of photos that have not been included as part of the complete page layout. Scatter proofs are used to check color before the final proof.
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- SCF
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Sectional Center Facility
A postal service facility that processes and distributes mail for post offices in a designated geographic area.
The area serviced is determined by the first 3 digits of the ZIP Code of the post offices.
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- Schopper''s Tester
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An instrument that tests paper’’s endurance to folding.
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- Scorching Emboss
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The temperature of the die heating plate is increased beyond normal temperature ranges, when embossed a scorched effect occurs to the embossed image resulting in an antique or shaded appearance to the stock.
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- Scoring
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A crease applied, in a straight line, to a sheet of paper to allow it to fold easier and more accurately.
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- Screen
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In image reproduction terminology, an area made up of small geometric forms of either regular or random arrangement, for example round, square or other shaped dots and lines.
The screen is used to convert contone images into a black/white or full-color representation suitable for printing.
This is done by varying either the size or the frequency of the elements to reflect the brightness of the image.
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- Screen Angles
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The angles at which the halftone screens must be place in relation to each other in order to avoid a moiré pattern from forming.
The common angles used are black at 45°, magenta at 75°, yellow at 90°, and cyan at 105°.
With regular screens the angle of the screen from the vertical.
When single colors are used, the screen is generally positioned diagonally (45° or 135°).
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- Screen Cells
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The combination of recorder elements (RELs) into a visual (halftone) dot.
The physical size of the grid cell remains constant, and a computer program then defines the filling of the cell with picture elements or a pixel pattern in accordance with the color or gray value to be reproduced.
See Also Grid Cells .
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