calé

English translation: Set

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French term or phrase:calé
English translation:Set
Entered by: Damien Poussier

03:28 Mar 16, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / automatic paint dispensing machine
French term or phrase: calé
Certaines teintes (en particulier les couleurs sombres telles que les rouges et bleues) sur les peintures à l'eau n'arrivent pas à être calées correctement sur la machine, qui alerte alors d'une possible déviation de couleur.


Describing what happens when using an automatic paint dispensing machine. i'm not sure what calé means in this context.
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Mexico
Local time: 03:29
Set
Explanation:
I'd have to know what the machine actually does. "Calé" could also mean "queued up".

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Note added at 11 hrs (2016-03-16 14:34:26 GMT)
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I found some sources, all related to printing:
This page defines "calage": http://www.couleurs-montagne.com/prepresse/lexique-imprimeri...

These two are French and English, and the translation is "calage = press setting":
http://www.solutioniso12647.com/SPOT_Gravure_calage_teintes_...
http://www.iso12647solution.com/SPOT_Gravure_N-colors_press_...

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Note added at 11 hrs (2016-03-16 14:36:29 GMT)
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My previous comment makes me think that your original has to do with printing, more than with paint mixing.
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Damien Poussier
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Local time: 10:29
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3 +3Set
Damien Poussier
3calibrated/adjusted
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman


  

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calibrated/adjusted


Explanation:
My understanding is that the components are mixed according to certain ratios to achieve the required shade. In water colors, the shades are not properly calibrated, possibly because of a difference in the density of the paint.

Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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Set


Explanation:
I'd have to know what the machine actually does. "Calé" could also mean "queued up".

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Note added at 11 hrs (2016-03-16 14:34:26 GMT)
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I found some sources, all related to printing:
This page defines "calage": http://www.couleurs-montagne.com/prepresse/lexique-imprimeri...

These two are French and English, and the translation is "calage = press setting":
http://www.solutioniso12647.com/SPOT_Gravure_calage_teintes_...
http://www.iso12647solution.com/SPOT_Gravure_N-colors_press_...

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Note added at 11 hrs (2016-03-16 14:36:29 GMT)
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My previous comment makes me think that your original has to do with printing, more than with paint mixing.

Damien Poussier
France
Local time: 10:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Notes to answerer
Asker: It's something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlVIUKzhuXg/ You basically find a colour by name using a colour chart. The machine then makes the colour, adding the correct amount of each colourant to a base and makes your paint to dispense into a can. I'm not sure if queued up works here because it seems to be connected to it alerting the user of a possible colour problem.

Asker: It definitely involves software and a computer so maybe it could be queued up. Just not sure how it connects to the following sentence.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: 'set', here
4 hrs

agree  B D Finch
13 hrs

agree  Istvan Nagy
1 day 18 hrs
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