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style sheet
A series of typographic format stored so that they can be quickly applied to blocks of text. Style sheets should also include some graphic information, such as rules and colors. Using style sheets is easier than manually formatting large sections of text.
stylus
A pen sharped pointer that is connected to a computer and used on a digitizing tablet to position images and locate functions on a menu.
substrate
Any material that can be printed on, such as paper, film, plastic, fabric, cellophane or steel. 2. The paper, board, metal, etc.to be printed, or the coating; such as film.
subtractive color primaries
The process ink colors, cyan, magenta and yellow. Each absorbs or subtracts its complimentary color, red, green or blue, from the light reflecting off the paper. Cyan, magenta and yellow produce a three-color black which is slightly brownish because of the unwanted hue error of the inks.
subtractive color theory
The principle surrounding the printing of cyan, magenta and yellow inks on paper for the purpose of absorbing portions of the red, green and blue light that is illuminating the surface, to prevent it from reflecting back to the observer’s eye. Different combinations cyan, magenta and yellow are what create the appearance of the visible spectrum on the paper.
supercalender
A set of rolls used in paper production to increase the gloss and smoothness of the paper.
super cell
In digital halftone screening, a super cell is a aggregate of halftone dots which are manipulated as a single group.
superimpose
The process merging two or more images into one.
superior characters
Type that is set above a line in a size generally 20% smaller than the other text. Also called superscripts.
surprint
The combining of two negatives on one printing plate. One negative super imposed over another.
SVG
Abbreviation for Scalable Vector Graphics: fairly new file format that can be used to publish vector based drawings and animations on the world wide web. SVG has been defined by the W3C organisation so it is a vendor independant standard, as opposed to the competing and popular Macromedia Flash file format. SVG is based on XML tags and is only supported by the latest generations of browsers.
swatchbook
A booklet containing paper samples and paper specifications for a line of paper.
swatching out
An evaluation technique that is used mainly in gravure printing to verify that the films and proofs furnished will in fact produce the expected results for a given printing system. The colour proofs are compared to swatches with values of density and dot area already known to be achievable with the printing system.
switch
Network device that creates a faster point-to-point connection between computers or devices that want to communicate with each other. A hub, its cheaper counter part, doesn’t create point-to-point connections but instead broadcasts all communication to all the connected devices or computers.
SWOP
Abbreviation for Standard Web Offset Press, sometimes referred to as US SWOP because it is a standard that is prevalent in the US. According to other sources SWOP stands for Specifications for Web Offset Publications. SWOP refers to a specific set of CMYK printing inks and printing and proofing specifications. The competing standards are Eurostandard (popular in Europe and the Far-East) and TOYO (Japan). All three systems use slightly different types of cyan, magenta and yellow ink.
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