What is trapping?

Question

Options

• Aavoiding toner clouding
• Bprinting edge to edge
• Coverlapping between two colors
• Dstoring secure print jobs on the printer's hard disk

• B
  4% (1)
• C
  91% (21)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Trapping refers to the deliberate overlapping of adjacent color areas to prevent gaps or white lines from appearing between them due to slight misalignment during printing - making C correct. When two colors meet on press, tiny registration errors can cause slivers of unprinted paper to show; trapping compensates by slightly expanding one color into the other.

• A is wrong - toner clouding is a print quality defect unrelated to color registration.
• B is wrong - printing edge to edge describes bleed, not trapping.
• D is wrong - storing secure jobs on a hard disk is a printer security feature called held or secure print.

Memory tip: Think of a trap as a "safety net" - trapping catches the gap before it can appear, by letting two colors overlap just enough to cover any misregistration.

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