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Substractive primary color inks are transferred to the paper when the plates made from the separation negatives are printed. Magenta ink is printed by the plate made from the green separation negative......

Color correction can compensate for color deficiencies of process inks. Manual etching, photographic masking, and electronic scanning are techniques that can be used. Color correction allows less ink ......

Products ma be printed in 2 or more colors by almost all of the processes described earlier. The simplest method of color reproduction is flat-color printing. A separate plate is prepared for each col......

Faster- faster CCD with higher illumination and faster I/F       - area sensors Improved cost/ performance ratio Simpler to build and more reliable - scanner on a chip. -- migration on image ......

Drum scanners will remain basically the same Used only in niche applications Very high resolution High quality scanning Drum scanners won't change much. For people that need or demand the highest ......

What will graphic arts image input devices look like in 5 years? Drum scanners? Flatbed scanners? Digital cameras? New device? Given the aforementioned expected developments in components and the......

As demonstrated above, the U.S. Print market is primarily a domestic industry with relatively small components of imports and exports. What about the future? Will print remain primarily a domestic ba......

How large is the global printing market? PIA/GATF estimates that the US printing production was $166.2 billion in 2005. U.S. Print production probably accounts for approximately 25%-30% of total globa......

A key trend, if not the defining trend, in the 21st century economy is globalization- the growing integration of previously autonomous national economies. Almost no area of the world, industry , or bu......

Ink jet printing is a non contact printing process. No printing surface such as type plates made by photographic means, or film is needed. Copy to be printed is prepared by computer. A minicomputer i......

Heat transfer or sublimation printing is not a new process. However, not until recently has the technique grown rapidly. Today, heat transfer printing is used to print fabrics. Have you ever used a pr......

Another printing method is to print by forcing ink through openings or holes in a stencil. Stencil controls what is to be printed. Basically a stencil is nothing more than a thin sheet paper, film, or......