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This is the fabric used to perfectly line the inside of a bag.

Sewing a fabric (lining) inside a bag to give it thickness, a high-end or luxury feel and for prized articles such as champagne or designer shoes.

– see hot stamping – Hot foil stamping consists in transferring a film covered with metal pigments (gold, silver or other) onto a product. This is the only process capable of restoring the metallic aspect of gold and silver.

Original used for photoengraving reproduction before printing.

Procedure to remove ink from paperfibers. This process consists of detaching ink particles from paper thanks to a mechanical action and the use of soap to create bubbles. By attaching themselves to the ink particles, these bubbles float to the surface and are then collected from the cell. Due to their properties, these deinking froths can still be used as fertilizer in agriculture and sylviculture, soil conditioning or yet other uses (particle boards, embankments…)

Computer To Screen. It is the equivalent of CTP in screenprinting.

Computer To Plate. In offset printing, it is an imaging technology which transfers a digital image directly onto a printing plate or roll, bypassing the photographic film step.

Quick photoengraving proof obtained through photography. This process was developed by the Dupont de Nemours company. Cromalin is used to approve a final design. This name has come to mean any proof used to approve a draft before printing.

Secondary colors are obtained by mixing two primary colors together:

• Green = cyan + yellow
• Orange = magenta + yellow
• Purple = magenta + cyan

There are 3 primary colors (Cyan – Yellow – Magenta) that are at the extremities and the center of the solar spectrum. Much like white, they cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. However, black is obtained by mixing these 3 primary colors together.