Transfer Curve - Xante FilmMaker 4 User Manual

Start-up Page
A setting on most XANTÉ printers that prints a page with basic printer information such as name,
page count, RAM size, and hard disk setup.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A set of protocols designed to connect different
types of networks.
Tint
A single shade of color or gray such as 10% gray or 20% magenta.
Toning (Toner Scatter)
When stray particles of toner appear on final output. Static electricity causes extra stray toner
particles to adhere to direct plate media before printing.

Transfer Curve

Files which describe the difference between printer output and a color standard. Transfer curves
are used to adjust the printer output for hardware, ink, and media anomalies to produce
predictable, standardized output.
Transmission Protocol
See Protocol.
Trapping
The process of slightly overlapping colors of adjoining images to prevent a thin white line
(misregistration) from appearing between the images.
Typeface
A typeface is a set of characters. The characters in a typeface all have three things in common:
family, style, and character set. See also Font, Family, and Character Set.
Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cable
A commonly used IEEE Ethernet cabling standard. UTP, or 10BaseT, consists of two insulated
copper strands twisted about each other to reduce outside interference signals. UTP cable, which is
used to create star networks, is relatively inexpensive, easy to install, easy to modify, and may
already exist in many installations as part of the telephone network. See also 10/100BaseT.
Vector Image
An image composed of a mathematical description of lines, curves, and geometric shapes. See
Bitmapped Image and Raster Image.
Vellum
A type of semitransparent media used in the printing industry to replace more expensive film
negatives. Vellum is used in screen printing environments, such as in T-shirt printing. See also
Myriad Film.
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