- DPI
Dots-per-inch is the measure of resolution or quality of input devices such as scanners, display devices such as monitors and output devices such as laser printers. The more dots per inch, the higher the quality will be, but the larger the file size, the slower it will process
- Drilling
Drilling of holes in product which will allow insertion over rings or posts in a binder of some sort
- DTP
The term "desktop publishing" is commonly used to describe page layout skills. However, the skills are not limited to paper and books. The same skills are often used to create graphics for point of sale displays, promotional items, trade show exhibits, retail package designs, and outdoor signs
- Dummy
A mock-up made to resemble the final printed product which uses the proposed grade, weight, finish and colour of paper
- Duotone
A method of enhancing a mono image using two colours
- E-cards
An E-card is an electronic postcard or greeting card, sent by means of the Internet, usually through e-mail
- E-commerce
Electronic commerce (also referred to as EC, e-commerce or ecommerce) consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks
- E-media
Electronic media is media that utilizes electronic or electromechanical energy for the end user (audience) to access the content. We can create various formats of e-media, for example E-cards, e-brochures, digital images, animation, email signatures, e-zines, etc
- Electronic banners
Electronic banners (web banner or banner ad) is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking them to the web site of the advertiser
- Electronic Media
Electronic media is media that utilizes electronic or electromechanical energy for the end user (audience) to access the content. We can create various formats of e-media, for example E-cards, e-brochures, digital images, animation, email signatures, e-zines, etc
- Embossing
A process performed after printing to stamp a raised (or depressed) image into the surface of paper, using engraved metal embossing dies, extreme pressure and heat
- EPS
An acronym for Encapsulated PostScript, a computer file format widely used by the printing and graphics industries
- Exhibition Design
Exhibition Design (or Exhibit Design) is the design of displays - typically temporary - such as for commercial tradeshows, public events and retail or public spaces. We can assist with designing and manufacturing of your public display requirements
- Fire Protection
The Data Centre equipment and support rooms are contained in fire secure enclosures, incorporating high-tech smoke detection and fire suppression systems
- Forums
An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions and posting user generated content, or the web application software used to provide the facility.
- Full colour
"Four colour process", using the four basic printing colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black
- Google
Google Inc. is an American public corporation, specializing in Internet search and online advertising. It is a very popular and powerful search engine
- Google SA
A very popular and powerful search engine powered by Google for South African websites
- Graphic Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of 2-D or 3-D artwork in order to create an illusion of movement. We will source an expert in animation to suit your specific needs
- Graphic Design
Graphic Design is the practice or profession of designing print or electronic forms of visual information, as for an advertisement, publication, website or any other vehicle. We use both in-house graphic designers and subcontractors to ensure that our ideas are innovative and of the highest quality
- Greyscale
Shades of grey ranging from black to white; in printing, greyscale uses only black halftone plates
- GSM
GSM is the unit of measurement for paper weight (grams per square meter)
- Gutter
The blank space, in editorial design, at which two pages come together in a two-page spread, in typography it is the space between columns of printed text
- Hardware
Computer hardware means the physical or tangible parts of the equipment, such as circuit boards, processors, hard drives, etc., in contrast to non-physical software running on the computer or device. Our servers are typically made up as Pentium4 3.2Ghz (or equivalent), 1GB DDR RAM, 80GB IDE, etc.
- High Speed Network
A computer network is composed of multiple connected computers that communicate over a wired or wireless medium to share data and other resources. Our servers connects directly to the Verizon backbone ensuring fast response times and quality of service. We run a 100 MBit redundant network
