linescreen

Definition: Plate of glass marked with a grid of opaque lines criss-crossing at right-angles: when an image is projected onto the printing plate with the linescreen just above the plate, the image is broken up by the transparent squares into a grid of circles of light and dark. * Also known as crossline screen.

Related Terms: halftone screen

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