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To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part four.

To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part four.

Scenarios“We’ve always done it this way!” or “This way works just fine!” Even when we have the time to think about how or why we do things a certain way, our thoughts are often clouded by that kind of thinking. However, it can make it easier ...

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To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part three.

To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part three.

Some definitionsThese definitions are not "official" however they are useful to keeping the issues and discussions clear.A "plate curve" is a tone reproduction curve that is applied in the workflow to a plate in order to have it render tone values that...

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To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part two.

To linearize your CtP plates or not? Part two.

In a film to plate workflow, linear film is exposed to the plate in a vacuum frame. The function of the plate exposure is to reproduce the halftone dots in the film as consistently as possible across the surface of the plate, and perhaps more important...

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Portable Digital LED Precision Scale for $11 + free shipping

September 30, 2010
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Portable Digital LED Precision Scale for $11 + free shipping

Meritline.com offers this Portable Digital LED Precision Scale, model no. APTP445, for $11.09. With free shipping, that's $4 under our mention from May and the lowest total price we could find by $3. Features include 1.1" backlit LCD screen, maximum l...

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