Chain lines are situated at laid lines which help produce a watermark in the paper.
In a sheet of paper, the lines that run perpendicular to the laid lines. In a paper making mould there are laid wires that are woven together by very thin wire or silk threads; these threads form watermark lines, called chain lines, in the newly formed sheet.
In a sheet of paper, chain lines run perpendicular to the laid lines. In a papermaking mould, laid lines are woven together by very thin wire or silk threads. Watermark lines, also known as chain lines are formed from these threads in the newly formed sheet.
the more widely spaced watermark lines across the narrow way of a sheet of paper. Caused by the wires used to hold the laid wires together.
Widely spaced horizontal lines visible when holding a page to the light. Paper with such lines is "laid" as opposed to "wove." See Wire Lines.
Watermark-like lines perpendicular to laid lines in a sheet of hand-made or laid paper.
(1) Widely spaced lines in laid paper. (2) Blemishes on printed images caused by tracking.
A paper term referring to the widely spaced lines in laid paper. ALSO – A printing term used to describe blemishes on printed images caused by tracking.
Lines that appear on laid paper as a result of the wires of the papermaking machine.
