Bleed
Graphics that run to
edge of the page.
RGB stands for Red, Green and Blue.
CMYK 4
Colour printing is done in CMYK, which stands for Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow, and Black.
Digital Printing refers to the type of printing which
uses digital imaging process that transfers the image
directly onto plain paper without traditional
offset rollers and plates.
DCS Desktop Colour Separation is generally a
collection of pre-separated EPS files. DCS files are
used for vector data or text. Since DCS files contain
separate EPS-files for each plate, an application can
generate and print colour separations faster when the DCS
format is used. Alsso used to support output of Spot Colours
using Alpha channels from Photoshop.
DPI (dot per inch) the number of dots that fit
horizontally and vertically into a one- inch measure.
Generally, the more dots per inch, the more detail is
captured, and the sharper the resulting image.
EPS
An EPS file can contain any combination of text, graphics
and images. Since it is actually a Post-Script file, it is
the most versatile file format that is available. EPS-files
usually contain a small preview image that is used to
visualize the content of the file. This is done so that
applications don't need a PostScript interpreter to display
the content of the EPS file.
JPEG
Joint Photographic Electronic Group. A common standard for
compressing image data.
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format, bitmap file used for the
reproduction of digitally scanned images.