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Dot gain

Dot gain, or tonal value increase, is a phenomenon in physical printing processes including offset lithography, flexography and gravure that causes printed material to look darker than intended. It is caused by halftone dots growing in area between the original printing film and the final printed result. In practice, this means that an image that has not…

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Models for dot gain

ModelMunichGeometryEmpiricalMicrostructure
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Causes

CoatedPressureViscosityFountain solutionHalation
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Yule–Nielsen effect and "optical dot gain"

AbsorptionLightSubstrateDiffused
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Definition

PrepressFilm negativeComputer-to-plate
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Definition

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Yule–Nielsen effect and "optical dot gain"

Controlling dot gain

Computing the area of a halftone pattern

Models for dot gain

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Dot gain

Nodes41
Edges40
Triples41
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.04878
Components1

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Dot gain

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has cause · 7
Dot gain → As, Different, Dot, Each, Finally, Halftone, Several
related to Yule–Nielsen effect and "optical dot gain" · 7
Dot gain → As, Davies, Light, Murray, Nielsen, Some, The Yule
related to Empirical models · 6
Dot gain → However, Pearson, Pobboravsky, Sometimes, Such, To
related to Definition · 5
Dot gain → Dot, For, However, Therefore, Total
related to Controlling dot gain · 4
Dot gain → Dot, Not, The, Thus
related to Haller's model · 4
Dot gain → FOGRA, Karl Haller, Munich, One
related to Models for dot gain · 3
Dot gain → Another, Dots, This
related to External links · 2
Dot gain → Nielsen, Understanding Yule
related to The GRL model · 2
Dot gain → Mathematically, Viggiano
is a · 1
Dot gain → difference between the dot size on the film negative and the corresponding printed dot size

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dot gain area model halftone dots printing fraction printed ink film empirical prepress value result color yule nielsen effect pattern

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dot gainis adifference between the dot size on the film negative and the corresponding printed dot size0.90text
Dot gainhas causeDot0.60section
Dot gainhas causeSeveral0.60section
Dot gainhas causeDifferent0.60section
Dot gainhas causeAs0.60section
Dot gainhas causeHalftone0.60section
Dot gainhas causeEach0.60section
Dot gainhas causeFinally0.60section
Dot gainrelated to Controlling dot gainNot0.60section
Dot gainrelated to Controlling dot gainThe0.60section
Dot gainrelated to Controlling dot gainDot0.60section
Dot gainrelated to Controlling dot gainThus0.60section

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