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1 | Graphic Imaging Sublimation Study Guide | |||||||
2 | Term | Definition | ||||||
3 | Absorbtion | How easily or readily ink penetrates printing paper or a substrate | ||||||
4 | Adobe RGB | An expanded RGB gamut created by Adobe in 1998 | ||||||
5 | ArTanium UV | A type of dye sublimation ink developed by Sawgrass | ||||||
6 | Banding | Undesired lines or gaps on the print from an inkjet printer | ||||||
7 | Bleed | Printing that extends beyond the edge of the substrate | ||||||
8 | Blow Back | Pooling of excess ink on hard non-porous substrates that causes undesired image quality issues | ||||||
9 | Clamshell | A type of heat press with a hinge that opens with the element at an angle | ||||||
10 | Clouding | Undesired "hazy" images usually caused by release of moisture from coating or product interfering with sublimation process | ||||||
11 | CMYK | Process printing ink colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black | ||||||
12 | Color Gamut | The entire range of colors available on a particular device such as a monitor or printer. | ||||||
13 | Color Shift | an undesired change in color hues when printing. | ||||||
14 | Condensation | Change in matter from a gas to a liquid state | ||||||
15 | Convection Oven | A type of oven that circulates the hot air with a fan | ||||||
16 | Draw Program | Used to edit vector artwork composed of paths | ||||||
17 | DTG | Direct to Garment Printing | ||||||
18 | Emulsion | A chemical coating that forms an image, or recieves an image | ||||||
19 | Evaporation | Change in matter from a liquid to a gas state | ||||||
20 | Fabric Prep | Steps that involve preparing the fabric to recieve dye sublimation transfer | ||||||
21 | FRP | Fiber Reinforced Plastic | ||||||
22 | Ghosting | an undesired faint duplicate image, usually caused by shifting | ||||||
23 | Grout | Grout is a particularly fluid form of concrete used to fill gaps, commonly used for sealing joints such as those between tiles | ||||||
24 | Heat Tape | Tape that is rated to high temperatures and will not melt. Used in dye sublimation to secure transfer to substrate | ||||||
25 | ICC Profile | an ICC profile is a set of data that characterizes a color input or output device, or a color space, according to standards promulgated by the International Color Consortium (ICC) | ||||||
26 | Ink Vehicle | Fluid that carries the pigment for inks. | ||||||
27 | Inkjet Printer | Inkjet printing is a type of computer printing that recreates a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto paper, plastic, or other substrates. | ||||||
28 | LAB color | The Lab color space describes mathematically all perceivable colors in the three dimensions L for lightness and a and b for the color components green–red and blue–yellow. | ||||||
29 | Leeching | When ink seeps through the backside of the transfer paper during pressing | ||||||
30 | Math | Know how to do it | ||||||
31 | Mirror Image | Reversing the image to read-wrong, output from some softwares refer to this as 'emulsion down' | ||||||
32 | MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet (new OSHA standards refer to this as SDS, or Safety Data Sheet) | ||||||
33 | Mug Press | A specialty heat press that transfers images to ceramic mugs and other cylinderical objects | ||||||
34 | Paint Program | Used to edit Raster/Bitmap artwork. | ||||||
35 | Performance Fabrics | Fabrics with water wicking properties | ||||||
36 | Piezo Printing Head | Ink jet print head made by Epson that had electric current applied to the ink head crystal allows the printer to control the size and shape of the ink drop | ||||||
37 | Pigment | Coloring agent made from synthetic or natural substance. | ||||||
38 | Platen | Table or pad on the heat press that holds an item for printing. | ||||||
39 | Polyester | synthetic fabrics or coatings on hard objects that are receptive to dye sublimation inks | ||||||
40 | Poylmer Solution | plasticized liquid solution conducive to being mixed with ink pigments and used as a vehicle | ||||||
41 | Pre-Pressing | One method of preparing the substrate to recieve a dye sublimation image | ||||||
42 | Process Color Printing | The CMYK color model (process color, four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing | ||||||
43 | Protective Film | Plastic film applied to dye sublimation substrates to protect coating from damage during shipping and handling | ||||||
44 | Protective Paper | a cheap absorbant paper that this placed on top of dye sublimation transfer to prevent unwanted ink transfer | ||||||
45 | Raster/Bitmap | Images made up of a grid of pixels producing jagged edges. | ||||||
46 | Resolution | Often measured in ppi or dpi. Refers to the amount of pixels or dots in a given area of an image. | ||||||
47 | Scanner | Used to create digital images of hard copy of analog images. | ||||||
48 | Shifting | When dye sublimation paper moves during pressing process to an undesired location because it was not secured properly | ||||||
49 | Spot Color | Colors that are independent of the process colors. Pantone Matching System. | ||||||
50 | Spray Adhesive/Transfer Spray | Aerosol spray used to apply thin coatings to dye sublimation transfers in order to secure for transfer process | ||||||
51 | sRGB | standard Red/Green/Blue additive color system used on electronic devices | ||||||
52 | Sublijet IQ | A type of dye sublimation ink developed by Sawgrass | ||||||
53 | Sublimation | Change in matter from a solid to a gas state, bypassing the liquid stage | ||||||
54 | Substrate | The receiving surface for printed products. | ||||||
55 | Swing away | A type of heat press where the heat element pivots away revealing the platen | ||||||
56 | Teflon Sheet | A protective sheet with a non stick coating used during the heat pressing process | ||||||
57 | Tiling | Breaking an image into smaller parts for production then reassembling during production and/or installation | ||||||
58 | Vector Art | Images created with math formulas producing smooth edges. | ||||||
59 | Water bath | Stops the sublimation process by dunking hard substrates into a room temperature water | ||||||
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