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What is the easiest way to digitize a scene?
Camera (camera phone)
The work done between graphic design and the pressroom is known as:
prepress or premedia
What does the acronym RIP stand for?
Raster Image Processor
A press needing an aluminum plate that uses a rubber blanket is which print technology?
Offset
What increment is paperboard thickness measured in?
A point (thousandth of an inch)
How are legacy film negatives or slides digitized?
Using a scanner
Name any two common problems identified by preflighting requiring fixing
Missing links
Missing fonts
Poor file resolution
Wrong number of inks used
Wrong image formats
No bleed area or trim marks
What manner of file is a RIP expecting?
A composite metafile
What are the two colorant technologies for digital printing?
Toner and inkjet
Which is thicker, B flute corrugated or C flute?
C flute
What is the most reliable font format?
OpenType
What is the act of creating intentional ink overlaps in adjacent colored objects called?
Trapping
What is the combination of hardware and software on a network NOT requiring a human to operate generally known as
A server
Name two differences between a digital press and a network printer.
Digital presses feature:
Less plastic, more steel
Longer warm up times
Need an operator
Made for longer runs on thicker substrates
Greater substrate selection
What is the straight line difference between any two measured LAB colors called?
DeltaE
What is the term for analyzing provided customer files called?
Preflighting
What is the act of arranging multiple finished publication pages into a single form called?
Imposition
WHat 3 functions does a RIP generally carry out
Interpret, rasterize, screen
Name three manufacturers of modern digital presses.
Xerox
HP Indigo
Canon
Fuji
Heidelberg
Konica Minolta
Ricoh
What does the ICC in an ICC profile stand for?
International Color Commission.
What does the word "megapixel" mean?
1 million pixels
What is the process of combining static and dynamic information into progressive and personalized printed sheets called?
Variable Data Printing
What is the eventual product that a RIP delivers?
Color separations
What is the "Holy Trinity" or three core components of flexographic printing?
Photopolymer plate, Anilox cylinder, vast array of substrates
What is the best rendering intent for photographic images with out of gamut colors?
Perceptual