Imprenta in english
pronunciation: prɪntɪŋ part of speech: noun
imprenta = book house ; printing house ; printing office ; printing press ; press [presses, -pl.] ; establishment ; printing machine ; printing company ; printing firm ; print shop.
Example: Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.Example: Companionship systems were operated in the Boston printing house of Hobart and Robins in the early 1850s.Example: Companionships had probably been developed in late eighteenth-century London for dealing with rush jobs in the larger printing offices.Example: The place of printing is the location where the printing press is situated, of failing this, the organization acting for it.Example: Several of the commercial and university publishers that had been prominent in 1983 have been replaced by new presses.Example: Certainly the larger establishments of the early machine-press period, which produced comparable numbers of damp sheets, found it necessary to install heated drying rooms.Example: The author list reprographic equipment suitable for use in libraries (copiers, cutting equipment, printing machines, collators, driers).Example: The first formally organized photomechanical printing company in the world was created by Paul Pretsch in 1854 in England.Example: These archives are so complete that they present a rare insight into the early history of a printing firm which under 4 generations of owners produced work for 127 years.Example: The only feminist print shop in North America has closed down after 23 years.more:
» al principio de la imprenta = early printing .
Example: It is not recommended to use the sloped stroke, /, instead of the vertical stroke, |, for line endings, since in early printing it was used as a mark of punctuation.» cajista de imprenta = compositor ; typesetter .
Example: A companionship was a team of piecework compositors, led by one of their number, who co-operated in the setting of a book and submitted a single bill for the work, the proceeds of which were then divided amongst themselves. Example: Print without descenders can be confusing to a typesetter or typist who may have difficulty in distinguishing upper and lower case when there are no descenders.» carácter de imprenta = block capital [Generalmente usado en plural] ; block letter [Generalmente usado en plural] .
Example: As computer technology improves, the appearance of the printed page, so often marred at present by the use of undifferentiated block capitals, will undoubtedly improve. Example: Please fill out this form in block letters and send it back to us as soon as possible in order to benefit from pre-registration fees.» era de la imprenta, la = print era, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Rather than bemoan the inevitable loss of the distinctive characteristics of the print era, let us build on the extraordinary strengths of digital information to preserve the best of our heritage.» GPO (Imprenta del Gobierno Americano) = GPO (Government Printing Office) .
Example: In her present position, Ms. Hoduski has played a key role in LC's and GPO's (Government Printing Office) cooperative effort to include GPO-generated cataloging in the MARC services and the new GPO Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications.» historia de la imprenta = history of printing .
Example: The history of printing can be considered in 2 stages: wood engraving and movable types.» imprenta de galeradas = galley press .
Example: Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.» imprenta de material efímero = jobbing house ; jobbing office ; jobbing printer .
Example: The division of the printing trade into specialized book, news and jobbing houses had already begun to take place by the beginning of the nineteenth century. Example: The average performance of cylinder machines in jobbing offices, on long and short runs, rarely exceeds 3,500 impressions a day, and oftener falls below that number. Example: A great deal of ephemera is produced by jobbing printers for individuals and organizations.» imprenta de periódico = news press .
Example: Like their predecessors (which were mostly news presses) they had carriages with ink tables at the end and inking rollers fixed at right angles across the frame.» imprenta especializada en remendería = jobbing house .
Example: The division of the printing trade into specialized book, news and jobbing houses had already begun to take place by the beginning of the nineteenth century.» imprenta pequeña = small press .
Example: 'Vanity' presses are not the same as small presses and are held in disrepute.» imprenta privada = private press .
Example: A private press is a printing press that issues small editions at the pleasure of its owner, not necessarily for financial gain.» industria de la imprenta, la = printing industry, the .
Example: The overall development of the printing industry is a good indicator for the development of a country's economy as a whole.» letra de imprenta = block capital [Generalmente usado en plural] ; block letter [Generalmente usado en plural] .
Example: As computer technology improves, the appearance of the printed page, so often marred at present by the use of undifferentiated block capitals, will undoubtedly improve. Example: Please fill out this form in block letters and send it back to us as soon as possible in order to benefit from pre-registration fees.» lo mejor desde la invención de la imprenta = the coolest thing since sliced bread ; the best thing since sliced bread ; the greatest thing since sliced bread .
Example: For some you will look like the sad culmination of vainness while others will admire you and think you are the coolest thing since sliced bread. Example: I don't know about whether it's 'the best thing since sliced bread' but I'm loving my new slow cooker. Example: I swear it's the greatest thing since sliced bread but, in all seriousness, my day begins by getting the kids off to school with a minimum of yelling and spilled milk.» máquina de imprenta = printing machine .
Example: The author list reprographic equipment suitable for use in libraries (copiers, cutting equipment, printing machines, collators, driers).» metal de imprenta = type-metal [typemetal] .
Example: Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal.» oficial aprendiz de imprenta = journeyman printer .
Example: Journeyman printers generally specialized as compositors or pressmen and, although a compositor might on occasion take a turn at the press (especially in a small shop), few pressmen could set type efficiently.» papel de imprenta = printing paper ; copy paper [Papel que posee una características especiales para su uso en fotocopiadoras, impresoras, etc] .
Example: The supply of best-quality white rags for paper-making had always been precarious, and bleaching enabled the more abundant coloured and second-quality rags to be made into acceptable writing and printing papers. Example: A supply of copy paper should be fanned out and stacked in the feed tray and this must be raised to the correct level for feeding into the printer.» pie de imprenta = edition imprint [Denominación tradicional con que designa la indicación del nombre del lugar, editor, impresor y del año de la publicación] ; imprint statement [En la descripción bibliográfica de una obra, los datos correspondientes a su lugar de publicación, el nombre de la editorial y el año] ; imprint [En la descripción bibliográfica de una obra, los datos correspondientes a su lugar de publicación, el nombre de la editorial y el año] .
Example: The ISBD(M) indicates that the description for monographs should include: edition statement and statements of authorship relating to the edition imprint (i.e. place of publication, publisher, date of publication). Example: The 'imprint statement', that is, place of publication, publisher's name and edition number together with date of publication is the next part of the citation sequence. Example: The imprint in a catalogue entry shows the place of publication, the name of the publisher, and the date of publication in that order, eg London: Harrap, 1961.» símbolo de imprenta = press-figure [En imprenta, símbolo usado por los impresores británicos del siglo XVIII para identificar las formas de imprenta] .
Example: A few forward-looking eighteenth-century typographers had occasionally used numerals as signatures, but numerals were unlikely to appeal to the trade so long as press-figures were used.» taller de imprenta = printing house ; printing firm ; printing company ; print shop .
Example: Companionship systems were operated in the Boston printing house of Hobart and Robins in the early 1850s. Example: These archives are so complete that they present a rare insight into the early history of a printing firm which under 4 generations of owners produced work for 127 years. Example: The first formally organized photomechanical printing company in the world was created by Paul Pretsch in 1854 in England. Example: The only feminist print shop in North America has closed down after 23 years.» tinta de imprenta = printing ink .
Example: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.» tipo de imprenta = book face ; printing type ; type .
Example: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century. Example: Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal. Example: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.