German: aufgefächertEnglish translation: expanded / fanned out 
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Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing | | German term or phrase: aufgefächert | My brains must be giving out.
"Die zu 50 bzw. 30 Prozent aufgefächerten Farbtöne dienen als Fonds""
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Alexander |
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Derek Gill Franßen
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| Note from asker to answererThnaks for the input. This comes closest, though I think it still does not wholly cover what the authors meant, namely that the full colour surface is pixelised and only a 50% or 30% colour tone is printed. The confirmation from LEO is a help too.
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| expanded / fanned out
Explanation:
I can't really say how this makes sense in the sentence (perhaps a little more context would be helpful). Either way, the verb "auffächern" usually means to "expand" or to "fan out" (see: http://dict.leo.org/?search=auff%E4chern&searchLoc=0&relink=...).
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| | Note from asker to answerer| Thnaks for the input. This comes closest, though I think it still does not wholly cover what the authors meant, namely that the full colour surface is pixelised and only a 50% or 30% colour tone is printed. The confirmation from LEO is a help too. |
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