Definitions: A-D
Acid-Free Paper
Acid-free paper has a neutral or basic pH (7 or greater), offering longer preservation of documents. Paper made of wood pulp that retains its naturally occurring lignin…
Aqueous
Aqueous printing is environmentally friendly because the ink is water (or aqua) soluble. Inkjet aqueous printers typically use either dye or UV pigment inks. Offset printing may…
Archival
Archival reproduction combines durable inks, acid-free paper, acid-free mounting and framing (usually behind glass), and proper storage away from UV light sources -- particularly…
Artifacts
Digital images -- particularly high-resolution large ones -- can consume considerable hard disk space. To reduce file size, lossless or lossy compression schemes are…
Available
Available stock for Reactive Imaging means items are off site but nearby. Generally items necessary items can be obtained within 24 hours for printing and/or assembly.
Backorder
The Backorder designation on Reactive Imaging product pages are generally items inventoried with pending shipment. Reasons may include a shortage at the manufacturer, infrequently…
Bitmap
Bleed
Bleed is a printing term referring to photos or color that extends to the edge of a page in one or more directions. Though all colors are registered on a single sheet, each sheet…
Bond
Bond, which comes wood pulp, is the most economical of paper types. Ink quickly absorbs into the substrate unless a special coating is applied. Though quality can be improved with…
Bronzing
Bronzing or gloss differential (sometimes confused with metameric failure) occurs when light is directly reflected from a print to the viewer resulting in a darkened bronzed…
Calibration
Calibration is generally accomplished with a combination of hardware and software used to optimize settings for a printer/ink/media combination to known specifications in order to…
Cellulose
Cellulose is the major component of paper and textiles made from cotton, linen, and other plant fibers. The primary cell wall of green plants is made of cellulose. In a general…
CMYK
CMYK refers to cyan, magenta, yellow, and black respectively. This is the traditional four-color semi-transparent ink combination used to reproduce a wide range of…
Cockle
Cockle is an undesireable effect of puckering, warping, or rippling of paper after printing due to uneven surface, excessive humidity or oversaturation of paper with ink. It is…
Color Space
Color space refers to the palette of colors from which images are displayed. Computer monitors have different primary colors than printers. Monitors use red, green, blue (RGB)…
Copyright
Anyone submitting work to Reactive Imaging for reproduction in any manner must be the current copyright holder or have rights from the copyright holder to reproduce such work.
DOC
DOC is file extension for traditional Microsoft Word files. Newer Word files may have the DOCX extension. Word files can include text, images and spreadsheets from Microsoft…