Printing Terminology

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Printing Terminology

1. At right angles to the grain direction of the paper being used, as compared to with the grain. Also called across the grain and cross grain.

2. Any change made by the customer after copy or artwork has been given to the service bureau, separator or printer. The change could be in copy, specifications or both.

3. Coating in a water base and applied like ink by a printing press to protect and enhance the printing underneath.

4. Printing that extends to the edge of a sheet or page after trimming.

5. A page number not printed on the page. (In the book arena, a blank page traditionally does not print a page number.)

6. Category of paper commonly used for writing, printing and photocopying. Also called business paper, communication paper, correspondence paper and writing paper.

7. In offset printing a repeating registration problem in the printing stage of production.

8. Abbreviations for coated one side and coated two sides.

9. Mechanicals, photographs and art fully prepared for reproduction according to the technical requirements of the printing process being used. Also called finished art and reproduction copy.

10. Paper coated with chemicals that enable transfer of images from one sheet to another with pressure from writing or typing.

11. Production copy of a publication verified by the customer as printed, finished and bound correctly.

12. To adjust the relationship among the process colors to achieve desirable colors.

13. Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black), the four process colors.

14. To bind by inserting the teeth of a flexible plastic comb through holes punched along the edge of a stack of paper. Also called plastic bind and GBC bind (a brand name).

15. Phenomenon of middle pages of a folded signature extending slightly beyond outside pages. Also called feathering, outpush, push out and thrust.

16. Lines near the edges of an image indicating portions to be reproduced.

17. One of the four process colors. Also known as process blue.

18. A letter fold at the side of one of the creases, an indentation occurs.

19. Measure of resolution of input devices such as scanners, display devices such as monitors, and output devices such as laser printers, imagesetters and monitors. Abbreviated DPI. Also called dot pitch.

20. Simulation of the final product. Also called mockup.

21. Encapsulated Post Script, a known file format usually used to transfer post script information from one program to another.

22. Size of product after production is completed, as compared to flat size. Also called trimmed size.

23. Refers to inexpensive copies of photos or art used on mechanical to indicate placement and scaling, but not intended for reproduction.

24. A sheet that folds where both sides fold toward the gutter in overlapping layers.

25. Abbreviation for black in four-color process printing. Hence the 'K' in CMYK.

26. Artist style in which width is greater than height.

27. Amount of space between lines of type.

28. To bind sheets that have been ground at the spine and are held to the cover by glue. Also called adhesive bind, cut-back bind, glue bind, paper bind, patent bind, perfecting bind, soft bind and soft cover.

29. A unit of measure in the printing industry. A pica is approximately 0.166 in. There are 12 points to a pica.

30. Cross-hair lines on mechanicals and film that help keep flats, plates, and printing in register. Also called crossmarks and position marks.

31. Sharpness of an image on film, paper, computer screen, disc, tape or other medium.

32. To bind by stapling sheets together where they fold at the spine, as compared to side stitch. Also called pamphlet stitch, saddle wire and stitch bind.

33. To compress paper along a straight line so it folds more easily and accurately. Also called crease.

34. Usually in the book arena, a publication not having a cover stock. A publication only using text stock throughout.

35. The size of the printed material in its finished stage (e.g., the finished trim size is 5 1\2 x 8 1\2).