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Thermal printer: A printer that uses heat-sensitive paper to carry the character image. Wire printer: A printer that forms characters by the selection of solenoid operated matrix wires, which print the …

Although he wasn't the first person in Europe to print from moveable type, he was the first to make it practical, and devised the metal punch, metal matrix to receive the punched—or engraved—metal …

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A standard metric paper size used in Europe that corresponds most closely to the United States standard letter size of 8H x 11 inches. A4-size paper is equal to 21 x 29.7 centimeters, or 8.27 x 11.69 …

Printing presses are also categorized according to whether they are webfed (print on continuous rolls of substrate) or sheetfed (print on single sheets, fed into the press in a variety of ways). All text and …

The term type is used generally to mean letters and other characters assembled into pages for printing or other means of reproduction. Typography refers to the rules and conventions that govern the …

Resolution, therefore, is a combination of both the input resolution and the total number of dots (actually, more correctly called spot s, to, again, distinguish them from halftone dots, which are …

Documentation Any written and/or pictorial information (in print or electronic form, but usually the former) comprising instructions, tutorials, technical support, specifications, and other material which …

Copperplate printing is commonly used to print stamps, bank notes, securities, and other high-quality decorative applications. These processes utilize a somewhat viscous, heavy ink that allows the …