Pantone colour
The brand name of a colour matching system produced
by Pantone, Inc of the USA. A large range of inks are specified
and identified by number to produce standard results across the
industry.
A reference such as PAN199 indicates a colour in
the Pantone range, in this case a bright red. In a colour swatch
book the number PAN199C would indicate how the colour looks when
printed on Coated or glossy stock. PAN199U indicates how the same
ink appears when printed on Uncoated or matt stock. Sometimes the
difference can be quite dramatic.
It is worth remembering that Pantone inks provide
a much greater range of colours than can be achieved using CMYK.
This is important if trying to match work printed in four colour
process with that printed in special colours.
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PDF
Invented by Adobe Systems, Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) is a publicly available specification used by standards
bodies around the world for secure, reliable electronic document
distribution and exchange.
As an open file format specification, PDF is available
to anyone who wants to develop tools to create, view, or manage
PDF documents.
Preserve the look and integrity of your original
documents - Adobe PDF files look exactly like the original pages
and fulfil requirements for electronic filing and document security.
Anyone can open Adobe PDF documents on any system,
regardless of the software platform, the original application, or
the availability of specific fonts using free Adobe Reader software.
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Postscript
This page description language is a programming
language optimised for printing graphics and text. In the jargon
of the day, it is a page description language.
The main purpose of PostScript was to provide a
convenient language in which to describe images in a device independent
manner. This device independence means that the image is described
without reference to any specific device features (e.g. printer
resolution) so that the same description could be used on any PostScript
printer (say, a LaserWriter or a Linotron) without modification.
In practice, some PostScript files do make assumptions about the
target device (such as its resolution or the number of paper trays
it has), but this is bad practice and limits portability.
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Pre-mastering
Process to convert the data representing audio or
a CD-ROM application into the data to be stored on the CD. For PC
CD-ROM’s it will involve adding the ISO 9660 file structure
data. Also refers to creating a disc image for a DVD-Video, DVD-Audio
or DVD-ROM title, where the file system is Micro UDF.
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