Hybrid Software Group PLC Annual Report 2022 120 121 Hybrid Software Group PLC Annual Report 2022 Hybrid Software Group Company strategic report Governance Financial statements Other information Copyright © Vollherbst Druck GmbH Additive manufacturing Building physical product by digitally ‘printing’ it, often with technology similar to the inkjet heads used for 2D printing. The term “3D printing” is often used for home and small-scale additive manufacturing. Binder jetting A class of additive manufacturing in which the solid form is created by jetting a binder fluid into a bed of powder. This technique can be used for metals, polymers and glass. Colour separation Colour can be specified in many different ways in the digital world, but printing uses only a small set of inks. All colours in the source document must be transformed into a set of separations, one for each of the inks to be used. Most commonly in commercial print, labels and packaging this means Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (see also “Extended Gamut”). Converting The design for a label or package is converted from a primary copy, such as a PDF file, through printing on a substrate and then one or more processes such as cutting, folding and gluing to create a label that can be applied or a carton that can be filled. CTP Computer to Plate – imaging a printing plate directly from digital data rather than imaging a film and using that to image the plate. Digital Front End (DFE) The controller that manages and drives a digital press, consuming source files such as PDF, processing them as necessary and sending colour separations to the printhead. Enterprise software Computer programs that have common business applications. In relation to printing these typically manage customer relationships, estimation, billing, production management and shipping. EPS Encapsulated PostScript; a subset of the PostScript PDL with extra commenting rules designed to allow graphics to be placed within a larger page in a design application. Extended gamut Printing in the commercial, labels and packaging sectors is often done using four inks: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK). Together these can deliver good approximations of most colours. An extended gamut ink set can be used to reproduce more vibrant colours, including some brand colours. This is often achieved by adding one or more of Orange, Green and Violet inks to the CMYK set. Flexo/Flexography A conventional printing technology in which flexible plates with raised areas are used to transfer ink onto the substrate. Widely used in labels and packaging. Functional printing Applying substances to a substrate that do more than represent colour or some other aspect of appearance such as gloss, using a process that’s normally used for printing. Examples include conductive tracks for printed electronics, or materials that change colour in the presence of certain gases for food safety, etc. Gravure Conventional print technology in which a cylinder is engraved with cells which carry ink to transfer it to the substrate. Very expensive to prepare cylinders for each job, so it’s most used for jobs with extremely long run lengths (millions of copies), such as long-run magazines and wall-coverings. Image setter Machine for imaging from digital data to film or photographic paper. The result would then be used to image a plate. Obsolete for offset lithography and increasingly so for other conventional press technologies; replaced by plate setters. Imposition Laying out multiple pages or multiple jobs together to maximise usage of the area of a printing press. Industrial inkjet A term that is used with various different meanings, but is best applied to printing where the substance being printed is a part of the final product, as opposed to carrying information (e.g. in commercial print) orto protect a product (e.g. in packaging). Examples of industrial print include applications of colour and functional coatings to textiles, ceramics and other décor. Glossary
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