| Aqueous Coating: |
Top coating that
adds a very high gloss |
| Binding: |
Securing sheets
together to form a book/booklet or form |
| Bleed: |
Printing to the
edge of the sheet |
| Blind Emboss: |
Embossing a non
inked area |
| BlueLine (Proof): |
Proof using "Blue
image" paper allowing multiple colors to appear in different intensities. |
| Camera Ready: |
Ready to be photographed...no
changes necessary |
| Cast Coated Paper: |
A very, very high
gloss stock which allows for ink used to be very glossy |
| Coated Paper: |
Clay coated paper
used for sharper and glossier printing |
| Collate: |
Combining sheets
or signatures to complete a form or booklet |
| Composition/Typesetting: |
Arranging characters
into words, sentences and paragraphs |
| Continuous Tone
Photo: |
A photo (from a
typical camera) with no printable dots |
| Die-Cut: |
An outline made
of steel and used to "cut" the pattern in various materials |
| Duo-Tone: |
Taking a continuous
tone photo and making a haltfone using two colors of ink. |
| DTP: |
Desk Top Publishing.
An early name given to a computer and laser printer combination used for
typesetting. While the process and equipment is different and more complex
than the early days.... the name remained the same |
| Finish (Paper
Finish): |
How the paper "feels".
Refers to the surface of the paper. |
| Foil Stamping: |
A hot pattern contacting
a foil material and the paper at the same causing the foil to adhere to
the paper |
| Gather: |
See collate |
| Graduated Screen: |
A series of dots
creating a density that varies. |
| Halftone: |
A photograph or
image having dots instead of continuous tone making it printable in a variety
of tones |
| Letterpress: |
Printing equipment
that prints directly from the "type" to the paper as opposed to offset
printing |
| Matchprint\Color
Proof: |
A proof from negatives
with all colors combined rendering the "printed look" |
| MICR: |
The use of special
characters AND magnetic ink allowing "readers" to recognize numbers at
high speed. Most bank checks and deposit slips employ the use of MICR |
| Offset: |
A printing process
using an inked plate of the image and transferring that image to a rubber
blanket and then to the paper |
| Page: |
A single side of
a sheet. A single sheet of paper is 2 pages (1 page per side) |
| Perfect Binding: |
The spine of a book
or booklet is cut flush and edge glued, giving the spine a flat look...as
opposed to saddle stitching |
| Pica: |
A standard measurement
common to the printing industry. 1/6 of an inch = 1 pica or 12 points.
72 points = 1 inch |
| PMS: |
Pantone Matching
System. A standard whereby inks are mixed to create different ink
colors using a minimal amount of base colors. In an ideal world PMS
185 would look the same regardless of the printing company or printing
process used. (We don't live in an ideal world) |
| Process Color
(CMYK): |
Using Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow, and Black inks to create life-like 4-color picture |
| Proof: |
A rendering of a
printing project made with less-expensive material for the means of checking
imposition, spelling or colors before the expense of actual negatives and
plates are made |
| Saddle Stitch: |
Folding sheets of
paper in half, collating them and using a wire staple or stitch to hold
the sheets together |
| Score: |
A straight line
crease in any material, allowing a sharper fold along the crease in that
material |
| Separations: |
One negative for
each color |
| Side Stitch: |
Wire staple or stitch
on the side as opposed to saddle stitching |
