way-out thinking: original word from English tranlsated into German: film plot. Somebody used the technical word and came up with the German "Folie" for film.

I did say it is way out...

So, is it a story line for a movie?

No, this comes from a list of objects for an exhibition. It's obviously some sort of printing technique. The title of the exhibition was produced as a folienplott, whatever that is.

Ich könnte mir vorstellen, daß es sich um einen Plot-Ausdruck auf Folie statt auf Papier handeln könnte. (Z.B. Baupläne o.ä.)

...is correct, it's the result which comes out of a (large) format plotter, if you are using a film or a foil.

bluehat: it is a foil/film, in the sense of a protective layer over something sensitive. This foil/film is used for some sort of illustration that can be used, e.g., in an overhead projector.
The "Plott" is, I believe, the English word "plot", as in plotting a graph...

So, there is something that has been plotted onto a film, or foil.

That is the best I can come up with.

Thanks, still struggling to come up with the exact phrase, though. Foil plot or film plot seem wrong and I get no (relevant) hits for these. Let me just try plot print on film . . .

Plotter print on film.
That what's meant? I'm driving blind here. This would suggest it was printed by the plotter.

at least "film plotter" seems to exist as a machine:

but I'm no expert.

bluehat - and that is indeed correct - 'Plotter' (at least in German) is a printer for large-scale (size is meant here, not quantity) printing jobs - architectural designs, blueprints and the like.

and Folien (pl.) refers to non-paper (perhaps celluloid, perhaps overhead transparencies) objects which can be printed onto.

so a Folienplott is a large piece of printable (and printed) material, normally (since Folien) transparent, or near-transparent, probably so that light can be shone through it to create a picture, or colour effect.

bluehat:
Folienplott is in German the expression for using a plotter with a foil or film.
Foliendruck is the expression when you are using a printer instead of a plotter.
So the (printed) or plotted result is then a "Folienplott". Literally there are to meanings of the same word: the process and the result.
Plotter print on film is then only the "extended" version of film plot but it has the same meaning.

odondon - thanks, it means the same thing in English, as far as I can see. This was just another gap in my knowledge base. I've never worked with a plotter.

thanks for your explanation andman.

The 600 x 1200 Direct Thermal Film Plotters were designed for use with a chemistry-free, dry film developed specifically for OYO. These give plots with print resolution, dot clarity, and film densities that equal or exceed specifications of most existing photographic film plotters. OYO's low maintenance thermal film plotters with the new proprietary ThermoImpression® XP dry film provide users a replacement for the wet process environmentally hazardous laser-dot film technology, without film processors, chemicals, and darkrooms.

http://www.oyo.com/Products/Film_Plotter/Film...

Mehr Kontext zur Bestätigung.

Ein Folienplot ist das Herausschneiden einer selbstklebenden Folie aus einer größeren Folienfläche. Das wird beispielsweise genutzt, um in Ausstellungen Text an die Wand zu bringen, oder auch um Ladenfenster (auf Glas) zu beschriften. Ist hinterher wieder ablösbar. Insofern führen die obigen Ideen in die Irre.

http://www.kuli-design.com/folienschnitt.html

Eine englisch Übersetzung fehlt mir noch...

Stimme f zu. In Fachkreisen hier in Wien versteht man unter Folienplott ein Schneideverfahren.
Aber der Begriff verleitet natürlich zu Fehlinterpretationen. Deshalb umschreibe ich es zB. als Klebefolie bearbeitet mit Schneideplotter bzw. adhesive film finished with cutting plotter.

Das haben die Produzenten bis jetzt immer verstanden, aber ich kann nicht garantieren, dass es gutes, korrektes Englisch ist.

I reckon it's about a Power Point presentation.

Have a nice day

KopExile

I reckon it's about a Power Point presentation.

Have a nice day

KopExile

@YNWA:

Spät kommst Du, Falsches sagst Du...

I work in exhibitions. The only danger could be when it's not lettering (e.g. a vinyl image of something). The German term 'Plot'seems to be something German speaking exhibition makers use more the English speaking ones, in my experience.

der Folienplott, der Folienschnitt

Gut aufgegriffen! Mit "cut" (der Gedanke ist hier auch schon angeklungen) würdest Du Schrift und Bild einschließen.