Xerox P8EX Spire CXP8000 Color Server - User Guide - Page 441

Glossary Color separations Composite mode Creep Crop CT DCS Degradé Digital front end system Digital proof Dot Dot area 427 Separate films are prepared for each of the process printing inks cyan, magenta, yellow and black. These films are used to prepare the printing plates for printing on press. See also CMYK. In composite mode, the data required to separate a page into its CMYK components is all contained within one single (composite) file. Brisque or PS/M then separates the file into CMYK as part of the conversion process. This processing mode is the fastest and most efficient in the majority of cases. The effect of middle pages of a folded signature extending slightly beyond outside pages, compensated by shingling. See also Shingling. To eliminate portions of an illustration or photography so the remainder is more clear, interesting or able to fit the layout. Abbreviation for continuous tone. Color or black and white photographic images with tones that change gradually from dark to light (unlike the abrupt changes in linework). Abbreviation for Desktop Color Separation, an EPS format containing 5 files. Four of the files contain the color information for each of the CMYK colors and the fifth is a low-resolution composite file for use in electronic page layout. See also OPI. A gradual blend or transition between colors. Also known as vignette or graduated blend (Vector drawing). In electronic publishing, this is the workstation or group of workstations containing the applications software for preparing pages of type and graphics. In prepress, this is the workstation that gives access to the user for the operation of hardware. For example, proofer, platesetter, imagesetter. A black and white or color image reproduction made from digital information without producing intermediate films. It can be output as a digital hard proof using a peripheral output device or displayed as a digital soft proof on a video monitor. The individual element of a halftone. The percentage of an area covered by halftone dots ranging from no dots at 0% to a solid ink density at 100%. The size of a single dot is stated in a percentage of the area it occupies.