1) The ability to print a film of ink over previously printed ink. 2) The amount of overlap between different colors which butt each other.
The removal of small gaps in ink coverage between two or more adjacent, colored objects. When two objects of different color are butted against each other, a small white or other color gap can sometimes appear if the films and plates are in perfect register. To avoid these gaps, an overlap between the objects is sometimes created. The color of the overlap is selected to minimize the visual effect of the overlap, and yet fill the Trap space as necessary.
The overlapping of ink where one color meets another to prevent paper from showing through.
A slight overlapping between two touching colours that prevents gaps from appearing along the edges of an object because of misalignment or movement on the printing press.
Part of the film output process that ensures colors stay within the lines.
printing ink over previously printed ink. Trapping is also used to describe the very slight overlapping of adjacent colors. Trapping color is achieved by use of chokes and spreads. see also dry trap, tack, wet trap.
In printing, a minuscule extended edge o one color area that slightly overlaps the next color.
Two colours which print next to each other are overlapped a tiny amount to eliminate the white space between them. (See also "choke" and "spread")
A method of overlapping adjoining colors or inks that helps minimize the possibility of a fine white line appearing between two colors, caused by misalignment of color plates on press.
The process of creating an overlap between abutting colors to compensate for imprecision in the printing process. Trim page size Area of the finished page after the job is printed, bound, and trimmed.
1) A technique in which abutting colors are slightly overlapped to minimize the effects of misaligned registration of printing plates. 2) On a press, the way various colors of ink adhere to one another when wet vs. the way one layer of ink adheres to the paper.
The method of slightly expanding the edges of one object when it overlaps another to make it easier to line up on a press.
The ability to print one ink over the another
Overlapping of adjacent colors or ink to prevent gaps from showing
In screen-printing, to overlap one color on another. Trapping may result in the creation of a third color in the overlap area, or - if opaque links are used - the edge of the first color may be hidden for purposes of registration. See also bleed.
A prepress term referring to the addition of a slight overlap where two colors touch. This overlap compensates for the natural misregister that occurs during a press run. Without trap, misregister could allow gaps to occur between colors and the paper color would show through. (Sometimes called "chokes and spreads.")
to overlap touching colors to avoid an unprinted line between them.
A slight overlapping of color plates to prevent gaps from appearing during printing.
The ability of a printed film to accept overprinting with another colour.
The ability of one ink to overprint another ink and the resulting density. Commonly used for the method of overlaying adjoining colours to aid press registration.
The deliberate overlap of adjacent colors to minimize the effects of misregistration of printed materials.
The overlapping of various colours in a design to prevent their separating and not touching as a result of registration variables during printing. Also the condition of printing ink on ink or superimposing one colour on another, in which the first-down ink film is sufficiently dry when the next one is printed over it to properly hide the first down colour.
1. Adjoining colors overlapped by a row or two of halftone dots to minimize the effect of misregister. Without trapping a fine white line would appear between two color images during the printing of process color. 2. The ability of an ink to print onto another ink. One hundred percent trapping occurs when the same amount of ink will print on the first ink as on the unprinted substrate. More frequently undertrapping occurs, because one wet ink will not adhere properly when applied to another wet layer of ink. Ink trapping is controlled by adjusting tack.
One ink that covers another.
Imposition of 1 colour onto another during printing
Overlapping colours which butt together. When in perfect registration you will not see white around the edge of the two joining colours. More trapping is necessary when printing a newspaper, as opposed to printing a quality full colour brochure.
Because the commercial printing process involves laying down colours in sequence , as opposed to, for example, laser printing, it is nearly impossible to align every graphic object exactly. Because of this, objects of different colours, that are next to each other, are set to trap. What this means in practice is that one object overlaps the other by a fraction of a millimetre, thereby ensuring that there is no white space in-between them.
trapping is accomplished by intentionally overlapping colours so that minor alignment problems are not apparent.
Extending the lighter colours of an object into the darker colours of an adjoining object. This colour overlaps just enough to fill in the areas where gaps could appear due to misregistraion.
When multicolour publications are printed on an offset press, slight misalignment of colour plates or shifting of paper can result in gaps between adjacent objects of colours. Trapping is the process of intentionally overlapping the adjacent colours to compensate for misregistration and prevent these gaps.
Used in litho colour printing to prevent gaps from appearing between butting colours. Usually involves expanding the lighter of the two colours to overlap into the darker colour.
Creating norm overlapping areas wherever two colors meet, to ensure that slight mis-registrations on press do not show up as white gaps on the printed piece.
The electronic or mechanical means of printing touching inks.
Wet-on-wet printing: The successful capture of consecutive ink films on a sheet or web as it passes from one printing unit to the next.
(1) Digital trap is the controlled overlap of dissimilar adjacent colours to compensate for misregister on the printing press. Previously known as spreads and chokes. (2) Ink trap or apparent trap is the ability of ink to adhere to wet ink when overprinting.
An image manipulation technique used in printing that uses dilation and erosion to compensation for misregistration of colors.
Used to describe the practice of slightly overlapping adjacent printed colors. This overlap prevents an undesirable blank space from appearing between the two colors when registration between colors shifts due to equipment registration tolerances.
Overlapping abutting colors to eliminate the possibility of white leaks between the colors if the print plates are not properly aligned.
The ability to print a wet ink film over previously printed ink. Dry trapping is printing wet ink on dry paper or over dry ink. Wet trapping is printing wet ink over previously printed wet ink.
A technical action that ensures adjacent colors overlap enough to take into account any possible variation during printing.
One semi-transparent color falling on another to produce a third color. Also called fall-on. Details...
A means of compensating for possible misregister at the printing stage. Areas of concern are adjusted to allow for overlap of colour. See also Choke and Spread.
The overlapping of one color over a different, adjacent color to ensure that no white space is visible where the two colors meet, especially when there are slight variations in the registration of the two colors during the printing process. Or the process of printing wet ink over wet or dry previously printed ink.
The process of printing wet ink over printed ink which may be wet or dry.
Is the implementation of small amounts of overlap on elements of a page's design to prevent conspicuous areas of whitespace from appearing on print jobs. To clarify let's look at an example. When a large blue title is printed on a red background, a hole (white space) is created in the red plate where the blue letter shapes will fall (otherwise the blue and red ink would mix resulting in a "purplish" blue). For one reason or another it can be very difficult for the printer to perfectly fit the blue shape into the red hole and unsightly white space can appear. For this reason a thin outline of blue is added to the edge of the letter shape that will overlap with the red image thus fixing the problem.
In printing, the ability to print a wet ink film over previously printed ink. Dry trapping is printing wet ink over dry ink. Wet trapping is printing wet ink over previously wet ink. In prepress, refers to how much overprinting Colours overlap to eliminate white lines between Colours and printing.
The ability to print one ink over the other.
The ability of a previously printed wet ink to accept the overprint of another wet ink without bleeding into one another.
Process of adjusting adjacent colors to account for misregistration, which occurs due to the complex machinery of the press and because materials stretch and shift during printing.
A thin line created where two colours that are printing side-by-side are overlapped to help keep the press in register and avoid a white gap between the two colours.
the ability of a film of ink to accept a subsequent layer, often a problem when printing wet on wet.
Overlap between two printed areas (adjacent colors) which ensures fit between those areas without paper showing through. (Also called spreads and chokes.)
The intentional overlapping of colours along common boundaries to prevent unprinted paper from showing in the event of misregistration in printing.
A prepress technique which allows for variation in registration during the press run. This is done primarily by allowing an overlap between abutting colors.
The process used to create a slight overlap between neighboring ink colors to eliminate any white space at their borders. BACK TO THE TOP
A technique in which adjacent colors slightly overprint each other to avoid white gaps between the colors, should one or more of the inks print out of register.
The ability of an already printed ink film to accept a succeeding or overprinted ink film. to top
Printing one ink over another, preventing gaps or misregistration between two adjacent elements.
A prepress technique which allows for slight variations in registration during the press run. A trap is created by overlapping adjacent colours in type and linework.
In prepress, refers to how much overprinting colors overlap to eliminate “white” lines between colors in printing.
Overlapping of colors to remove gaps during printing.
The creation of an overlapping area where two colors adjoin in order to make up for imprecisions in the printing process. See also "knockout".
Overprinting a fine line of one colour against the other. This is done to make printing easier and compensates for shifting when printing.
a technique in which touching colors are slightly overlapped to cover any misregistration of the printing plates.
Printing ink over previously printed ink. Trapping is also used to describe the very slight overlapping of adjacent colors or images to prevent a gap in printing between two items that touch.
nbspThe ability of first printed ink layer to accept next printed ink layer.
The ability to print wet ink film over previously printed ink. Wet trapping is dependent upon several press and paper conditions including hardness and holdout of the paper, tack of the inks, and general condition of the rollers, cylinders and blankets on the press. Dry trapping is printing wet ink over dry ink. Improper trapping will cause color changes.
Technique used when producing colour-separated film. Different colours are 'trapped' to ensure that a slight mis-registration of the final film doesn't result in ugly overlaps of colour or unsightly gaps between colours. Often achieved by a "process bridge" - making sure that all colours contain common CMYK colours. With spot colours it is a matter of both spreading and choking light colours into dark.
In printing, refers to printing over previously printed wet or dry ink. In prepress, refers to choking or spreading colors where they meet to prevent white gaps that could occur between colors in the printing process.
A method by which adjacent colors are printed with a very slight overlap. Trapping colors reduces the appearance of misregistration.
An overlap between abutting colours/elements. Traditionally done by using chokes and spreads, but graphics software gives users the ability to do trapping for type and objects.
The deliberate overlap of adjacent colours to minimise the effects of misregistration of printed materials.
