Eco-Solvent
Strong chemical solvents have an important amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) recognizable by their smell, which requires ventilation and extraction to protect the operators. Eco-solvent inks have been created with solvent-based inks that have low VOCs, resulting in the "Eco" label. This type of ink requires more heat to dry. It is also named Light-Solvent or Mild-Solvent. As Eco-Solvent has low VOCs, its odor is lighter, so it can be safely used in small environments as long as there is adequate ventilation. More info.
Flatbed Printer
It is a type of ink-jet printer with an arm moving in XY upon a table and not only in X. It allows print on flexible and rigid substrates (wood, paper, metal, vinyl…). A flatbed printer on which you can also print on a roll is called a hybrid printer. Through non-contact (inkjet) printing, flatbed printers allow automatic printing processes that spare us the use of plates or any manual techniques. See more.
Epson.com (V7000 10-Color 4' x 8' UV Flatbed Printer)
Gamut
A range of visible colors that are reproducible by an input or output device (such as a printer). Different peripherals or printers will have different gamuts, meaning that they will not be able to reproduce the same set of colors. When dealing with RGB and CMYK color spaces, each one of them has its gamut. See more.
Grabcad.com
Grand Format Printers
Also named Superwide Format printers, they are a type of printers and substrates that are wider than 100 inches (2.54 meters). They are used for the Sign and display market (banners, posters, wallpapers, backlit, vehicle wraps…), textile market (fashion, home decoration) as well as high volumes and industrial printing, It is considered an excellent device for brands to gain visibility and profits. For instance, sponsor banners in a stadium are printed using grand format printers, which will allow the enhancement of a specific brand. More developed wide-format printers use inkjet printing techniques without relying on manual cutting or design. See more.
Hybrid Printers
An Ink-jet printer that has both roll-to-roll and flatbed particularities. Its hybrid system accelerates production procedures, reduces waste, and shortens pre-processing times. These features are important for customers today since generating less waste and saving time is always a plus for both customers and the industry concerned with printing or selling practices. See more.
ICC
ICC stands for International Color Consortium. The consortium has developed the ICC profile file format based on open, vendor-neutral, and cross-platform color management system elements. ICC profiles are used to define the color data being used by different devices like computers, cameras, scanners, or printers. See more.
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Imposition
It is an economical operation that consists of determining the order and the distribution of printed images on a roll or multiple sheets. In commercial printing, it is used to assemble pages after folding in good order. It can be used in digital printing to regroup all printing requests for a specific customer or save time and paper for both the client and server. For example, if a customer wants to print multiple business cards, printers can use imposition to avoid printing cards one by one. See more.
Ink Limiting
It is a technique used in calibration to avoid artifacts due to excess ink on media. By limiting ink distribution, you are not only saving money and ink but you are also contributing to increasing print quality. See more.
Lamination
It is the final process that applies a film or liquid to a printed material. Lamination is also a process that binds a product to another to protect it or give it a better appearance. Printers tend to use the term very often as it is important to help improve prints' qualities. There are different lamination types: matt, velvet, gloss, etc. See more.
LED-UV Printing
A printing method that uses LED (Light Emitting Diode) produces UV light (Ultra Violet). This type of light is used to dry inks during UV printing. As printers are set to display ink on surface material the ultraviolet ink is instantly activated, which allows the ink to dry in a curable manner. See more.
Coldesi-uvprinter.com
Linearization
A Calibration function that controls individual ink amounts during printing. Caldera’s linearization option creates the largest gamut available from the printer and is available on the EasyMedia module. See more
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This module works as a linearization facilitator by contributing to increasing the accuracy of color reproductions in different media and printers.
Nesting
A process consisting of minimizing the waste of media by optimizing the space on a sheet or a roll when multiple jobs and/or multiple copies of a job print are aggregated into the same layout. This procedure leaves your sheet utterly full, leaving no space for blank spots. New modern techniques have been created to facilitate nesting tasks, but this process has always been present in the print industry. You can see CalderaRIP's nesting process here.