| Achromatic Colour |
A scanning procedure reproducing colour with only two process
colours and black in any area of the reproduction. |
| ACS |
(Address Change
Service) An automated process that provides change-of-address
information to mailers who maintain computerised mailing
lists. The information
is captured in the Computerised Forwarding System (CFS) units
and sent to mailerson electronic media to eliminate manual
processing of change information. The cost is less than manual
notices. |
| ADN |
(Advanced Digital Network) |
| Addendum |
Supplementary material additional to the main body of a book
and printed separately at the start or end of the text. |
| Air |
An amount of white space in a layout. |
| Airbrush |
A mechanical painting tool producing an adjustable spray
of paint driven by compressed air. Used in illustration design
and photographic retouching. |
| Alert Box |
A box that appears on the screen that reports an error condition
or gives a warning about something. The computer usually sounds
a beep when this kind of window appears. |
| Align |
To line up typeset or other graphic material as specified,
using a base or vertical line as the reference point.
Anonymous FTP See: FTP |
| APRAPR |
Automatic Picture
Replacement is Scitex’s implementation
of the process in which a low-resolution image is automatically
replaced by the high-resolution version of the image.
See: DCS and OPI. |
| Archie |
A tool (software) for finding files stored on anonymous FTP
sites. You need to know the exact file name or a sub-string
of it. |
| Archive |
To save data files from a computer system for later retrieval.
Archive files are often compressed to maximise storage space. |
| Art paper |
A smooth coated paper obtained by adding a coating of china
clay compound on one or both sides of the paper. |
| Artwork |
This is the High Resolution, accurate, finished desktop publishing
material itself, which is ready for print or Screen. It contains
the real images and words properly prepared according to the
method of publication. |
| Ascender |
That part of the
letter which rises above the main body, as in "b". |
| ASCII |
(American Standard Code for Information Interchange). The
de facto world-wide standard for the code numbers used by computers
to represent all the upper- and lower-case Latin letters, numbers,
punctuation, etc. There are 128 standard ASCII codes each of
which can be represented by a 7-digit binary number: 0000000
to 1111111 |
| Aspect Ratio |
As applied to a document, the length divided by the height.
Authors corrections Changes made to the copy by the author
after typesetting but not including those made as a result
of errors in keying in the copy. |
