Overlay

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004079",
  "term": "Overlay",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A transparent sheet carrying text or artwork that is laid over a base image or mechanical so that elements such as a second color can be prepared separately and combined at reproduction. In letterpress make-ready, the word also names a piece of paper pasted on the tympan sheet to raise the pressure at one spot of the form and strengthen a weak impression. In digital prepress the equivalent is a layer in a design file.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Überlag",
    "es": "superposición",
    "fr": "overlay"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/overlay/"
}