Glossary of Graphic Arts Terms PG 2

Boot

Load start-up instructions into a computer which then directs the loading of the rest of the programs

Browser

Software that allows access to the internet. Internet Explorer, Safari, AOL, etc.

Buffer

Area of memory used to store data while being transferred from one location to another

Bullet

Solid dots used to emphasize lists of words or phrases

Byte

Number of consecutive bits a computer deals with as a unit

Camera Ready

Ready to be photocopied or camera shot for film to be made. Laser printers are capable of producing camera-ready output

Character

Symbol, such as a letter, number or punctuation mark

Character Count

Average number of characters per pica for a given font or process of counting the characters and spaces in a manuscript to determine the area it will occupy when typeset

CIP 4

International Cooperation for the Intergration of Process in Prepress, press and postpress. A consortium of vendors finding ways to make their products work together

Clip art

Stock images/art, purchased by user

CMYK

Cyan, magenta, yellow, black. Color model used in offset printing for full-color images. Can be thought of as subtractive primary colors; all colors on a printed piece are made up of some combination of these four colors

Coated paper

Paper with a coating that gives it a smooth finish, ranging from eggshell to glossy

Coil bind

Continuous plastic coil used to bind notebooks, spiral

Collate

Arrange printed sheets in consecutive or specific page order

Color bar

Strip of color block at edge of sheet, that are used to measure - evaluateink density on printed cheet

Color space

Range of colors described by a specific color model, gamut

Color Management

A method by which color characteristics of all input and output devices are related to a common reference to achieve color consistency

Color Matching Systems

System of numbered ink swatches that helps communication about color

Color Proof

Contract proof or simulation of what will print on press. Representation of the file

Color Seperation

Photographic or electronic means of separating color artwork/file into CMYK and spot components

Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies Standards (CGATS)

Developer of all graphic arts standards for industry

Comp, comprehensive

Similar to dummy, but more complete. Shows colors

Composition

Arrangement of type and images on a page

Condensed Type

Narrow typeface

Continuous tone

Tonal gradations that are solid and not created by dot patterns. Tone image - All photographs and other art having a range of shades that flow into each other, as opposed to a halftone or dot image

Contrast

Range of gradations in tones between lightest white and darkest black in continuous tone images or the abrupt change between light and dark

Computer to Plate (CTP)

Digital data ripped and sent direct to a platesetter, no film is produced

Copyright

Ownership for creative work by the writer, photographer or artist who made it

Copy

Type within a publication. Or, manuscript to be typeset

Crop

To frame out the parts of an image

Cursor

Place marker on a monitor display that indicates where interaction is

Database

Organized set of information or data in an electronic format