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Glossary
antialiasing
Assigning pixels at the edges of objects a graduated gray scale of values. This
dramatically reduces the appearance of jaggies.
Binary Lasergraphics Language (BLL)
A proprietary print job format.
bitmap
A type of graphic composed of a rectangular group of colored dots. Bitmaps have jagged
edges when output at high-resolution.
BLL
An abbreviation for Binary Lasergraphics Language.
camera back
A film recorder's camera.
client computer
A computer without a film recorder. Users on client computers can put image files in
dropboxes
so that the WinRascol
server PC
can pick up the image files and print them.
contrast
Measures the range of shades between light and dark. Black and white is high contrast,
whereas two similar shades of gray is low contrast.
crop
To trim an image prior to output.
DPI
Dots per inch. Commonly used to specify printer resolution.
DPM
Digital Photography Model. A film recorder model that is customized for digital photography.
Dropbox
A shared directory where network users can put image files. A dropbox directory is scanned
by WinRascol periodically for image files to process. Dropboxes make film recorder sharing very easy.
font
A typeface.
HPGL
A popular computer-aided design drawing format on PCs.
jaggies
Within an image, steps along the edge of a shape that should be smooth. Jaggies are
reduced by increasing
resolution
and/or
antialiasing
.
landscape
An output orientation where the width is greater than the height. Also known as horizontal
or wide format. Compare to
portrait
.