Underprint

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-007344",
  "term": "Underprint",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A faint image, pattern, or text printed on a substrate before the main printing pass adds the primary content over it. This technique is used for security features on documents like checks and certificates, or for decorative backgrounds. The underprint ink is formulated to be light enough not to obscure the overlying text or images.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Unterfarbe",
    "es": "subimpresión",
    "fr": "sous-impression"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/underprint/"
}