Accordion fold:
Bindery term, two or more parallel folds which open like an accordion.
Alteration:
Change in copy of specifications after production has begun.
Back up:
Printing the second side of a sheet already printed on one side.
Banding:
Method of packaging printed pieces of paper using rubber or paper bands.
Basis weight:
Weight in pounds of a ream of paper cut to the basic size for its grade.
Bind:
To fasten sheets or signatures with wire, thread, glue. or by other means.
Bindery:
The finishing department of a print shop or firm specializing in finishing printed products.
Bleed:
Printing that goes to the edge of the sheet after trimming.
Blind embossing:
An image pressed into a sheet without ink or foil.
Bond paper:
Strong durable paper grade used for letterheads and business forms.
Brightness:
The brilliance or reflectance of paper.
Bulk pack:
Boxing printed product without wrapping or banding.
Carbonless:
Pressure sensitive writing paper that does not use carbon.
Caliper:
Paper thickness in thousandths of an inch.
Case bind:
A type of binding used in making hard cover books using glue.
Cast coated:
Coated paper with a high gloss reflective finish.
Coated paper:
A clay coated printing paper with a smooth finish.
Collate:
A finishing term for gathering paper in a precise order.
Color correction:
Methods of improving color separations.
Copy:
All furnished material or disc used in the production of a printed product.
Cover paper:
A heavy printing paper used to cover books, make presentation folders, etc.
Crash number:
Numbering paper by pressing an image on the first sheet which is transferred to all parts of the printed set.
Crimping:
Puncture marks holding business forms together.
Crop:
To cut off parts of a picture or image.
Crop marks:
Printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet.
Cyan:
One of four standard process colors. The blue color.
Die:
Metal rule or imaged block used to cut or place an image on paper in the finishing process.
Die cutting:
Curing images in or out of paper.
Dot:
An element of halftones. Using a loupe you will see that printed pictures are made many dots.
Dylux:
Photographic paper made by DuPont and used for bluelines.
Emboss:
Pressing an image into paper so that it will create a raised relief.
Eurobind:
A patented method of binding perfect bound books so they will open and lay flatter.
Foil:
A metallic or pigmented coating on plastic sheets or rolls used in foil stamping and foil embossing.
Foil emboss:
Foil stamping and embossing a image on paper with a die.
Foil stamping:
Using a die to place a metallic or pigmented image on paper.
4-color-process:
The process of combining four basic colors to create a printed color picture or colors composed from the basic four colors.
Gang:
Getting the most out of a printing press by using the maximum sheet size to print multiple images or jobs on the same sheet. A way to save money.
Gloss:
A shiny look reflecting light.
Grain:
The direction in which the paper fiber lie.
Grippers:
The metal fingers on a printing press that hold the paper as it passes through the press.
Halftone:
Converting a continuous tone to dots for printing.
Hickey:
Reoccurring unplanned spots that appear in the printed image from dust, lint, dried ink.
Imposition:
Positioning printed pages so they will fold in the proper order.
Imprint:
Adding copy to a previously printed page.
Indicia:
Postal information place on a printed product.
Kiss die cut:
To cut the top layer of a pressure sensitive sheet and not the backing.
Laminate:
To cover with film, to bond or glue one surface to another.
Magenta:
Process red, one of the basic colors in process color.
Makeready:
All the activities required to prepare a press for printing.
Matte finish:
Dull paper or ink finish.
Offsetting:
An unpleasant happening when the images of freshly printed sheets transfer images to each other.
Offset paper:
Term for uncoated book paper.
Overrun or overs:
Copies printed in excess of the specified quantity. (Printing trade terms allow for + - 10 % to represent a completed order.)
Perfect bind:
A type of binding that glues the edge of sheets to a cover like a telephone book, Microsoft software manual, or Country Living Magazine.
Perfecting press:
A sheet fed printing press that prints both sides of a sheet in one pass.
PMS:
The abbreviated name of the Pantone Color Matching System.
Press number:
A method of numbering manufacturing business forms or tickets.
Pressure-sensitive paper:
Paper material with self sticking adhesive covered by a backing sheet.
Process blue:
The blue or cyan color in process printing.
Process colors:
Cyan (blue), magenta (process red), yellow (process yellow), black (process black) together known as 4 colour process.
Register:
To position print in the proper position in relation to the edge of the sheet and to other printing on the same sheet.
Register marks:
Cross-hair lines or marks on film, plates, and paper that guide strippers, platemakers, pressmen, and bindery personnel in processing a print order from start to finish.
Saddle stitch:
Binding a booklet or magazine with staples in the seam where it folds.
Self-cover:
Using the same paper as the text for the cover.
Specifications:
A precise description of a print order.
Spine:
The binding edge of a book or publication.
Spot varnish:
Varnish used to hilight a specific part of the printed sheet.
Stamping:
Term for foil stamping.
Stock:
The material to be printed.
Text paper:
Grades of uncoated paper with textured surfaces.
Trapping:
The ability to print one ink over the other.
Trim marks:
Similar to crop or register marks. These marks show where to trim the printed sheet.
Trim size:
The final size of one printed image after the last trim is made.
UV coating:
Liquid laminate bonded and cured with ultraviolet light. Environmentally friendly.
Varnish:
A clear liquid applied to printed surfaces for looks and protection. (UV coating looks better.)
Watermark:
A distinctive design created in paper at the time of manufacture that can be easily seen by holding the paper up to a light.
Web:
A roll of printing paper.
Web press:
The name of a type of presses that print from rolls of paper.
Wire O:
A bindery trade name for mechanical binding using double loops of wire through a hole.
Wire-O binding:
A method of wire binding books along the binding edge that will allow the book to lay flat using double loops. See Wire O.
Work and tumble:
Printing one side of a sheet and turning it over from the gripper to the tail to print the second side using the same side guide and plate for the second side.
Work and turn:
Printing one side of a sheet and turning it over from left to right ussing the same side guides and plate for the second side. |
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