1 to 1

referring to copies, SS docs to SS copies


1 to 2

referring to copies, SS docs to DS copies


2 to 1

referring to copies, DS docs to SS copies


2 to 2

referring to copies, DS docs to DS copies


4C

4 colors - color printing


4\0

a trade designation for a printed piece with four colors (full color) printing on the front side and no printing on the back side


4\1

a trade designation for a printed piece with four colors (full color) printing on the front side and one color printing on the back side


4\4

a trade designation for a printed piece with four colors (full color) on the front side and four colors (full color) printing on the back side


4\K

Process color over Black: One side of the page prints 4 process colors and the other side prints Black


Against the grain

at right angles to direction of paper grain. Opposite of paper grain direction


BC

business card


Bead

a border of lamination material used with laminated products, standard is 1/8"


BKLT

booklet


Black

K, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, black in color. Also referred to as the Key color


Bleeds

printed image that extends beyond trim marks, so finished product does not have a white border (generally 1/8" is the setting for bleed)


C

Cyan (see Cyan definition)


Coil Bind

a plastic coil that has a 4:1 pitch ratio used as a binding material to hold a book together


Collate

a finishing term for gathering paper in a precise order


Cover weight

heavier-weight (thicker/more-rigid) paper consisting of various grades


Crop

to cut off parts of a picture or image


Crop marks

printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet


Customer's Originals

print ready copy


CVR

Cover


Cyan

C, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, blue in color


Densitometer

a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink


Density

the degree of color or darkness of an image or photograph


Die

metal rule or imaged block used to cut or place an image on paper in the finishing process


DOC

document


Double-sided

see duplex category


Drill

typically 3 or 5 circular holes on the binding-edge of a sheet of paper, created by drilling through paper 

 * 3 hole and 5 hole with 5/16" drill is standard 


Drop fold

Drop fold is a set of multiple pages that fold together as a booklet, and are then dropped into a machine that does a right angle fold, commonly for mailing.


DS

double-sided (see duplex category)


Duotone

a halftone picture made up of two printed colors


FCS

FCS is a term for fold / collate / staple — the act of saddle stitching a booklet.


Flush cut

cut to the edge


Foamcore

strong, styrofoam-like board that printed material is mounted to


Fold

bindery term, one or more intentional creases in the paper


Gloss finish

shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate


Grain

the direction in which the paper fiber lie


Grippers

metal fingers on a printing press that hold the paper as it passes through the press, the image is registered in relation to the gripper. Similar to sideguide


Halftone

converting a continuous tone to dots for printing


Head-to-head

right reading sheets with head on top, that, when duplexed, heads run together on front and back of sheet. The back sheet is right-side up


Head-to-toe

right reading sheets with head on top, that, when duplexed, heads run opposite on front and back of sheet. The back sheet is upside down


HH

head-to-head (see head-to-head definition)


Hickey

reoccurring unplanned spots that appear in the printed image from dust, lint, dried ink


Highlight

the lightest areas in a picture or halftone


HT

head-to-toe (see head-to-toe definition)


Image Area

portion of paper on which ink can appear


IMP

imposition


Imposition

the arrangement of pages on a press sheet, or, the arrangement of fields on a document


Impression

putting an image on paper


Imprint

adding copy to a previously printed page


Indicia

postal information place on a printed product


Keyline

an outline drawing (see also trim box defintion)


Laminate

using a high-temperature process to melt plastic on paper, can be one or two-sided


Lupe

small magnifying glass used to review a printed image, plate, and position film


M

1. Magenta (see Magenta definition) 

2. Roman Numeral for 1,000


Magenta

M, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, pink/purple in color


Make-ready

all the activities required to prepare a press for printing


Matte finish

dull paper, ink, or laminate finish


Moire

occurs when screen angles are wrong causing odd patterns in photographs


Multi on

two or more different images placed on one sheet two or more of the same images up on one sheet


Multi up

(see Step-and-repeat)


NCR

multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper


Negative

the image on a film that inverts color


Offset Paper

term for uncoated paper


Offsetting

using an intermediate surface to transfer ink. This also occurs when images of freshly printed sheets transfer images to each other


Opacity

the amount of show-through on a printed sheet. The lesser the amount of show-through the thicker the paper, the more show-through the thinner the paper


Original

material that is to be reproduced using various printing methods. i.e., PDFs, documents, photographs, artwork, product sample, or artist's drawing


Overlay

transparent cover sheet on artwork often used for instructions


PAG

pagination sheet


Page count

total number of pages in a book including blanks


Pantone Matching System

(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing


PB

perfect bind / perfect bound


Perf (Perforation)

a series of small cuts at regular intervals usually made to help a sheet tear apart evenly


Perfect bind

type of binding that uses glue on the spine of the sheets to adhere a cover to the sheets, like a phone book


Perfecting

see page 14, job F141491 for example


PG

page


Pica

unit of measurement. One pica = 1/6 inch


plate

Plate is a metal plate is imaged in a plate setter for each separation on an offset press job.


Plate gap

gripper space. The area where the grippers hold the sheet as it passes through the press


PMS

Pantone Matching System (see Pantone Matching System definition)


PMS 200

the mixed ink graphic standard for UW printing; also UW red


process color

the process of combining four basic colors to create a printed color picture or colors composed from the basic four colors


Punch

typically 44 hole (on 11" sheet of paper) on the binding-edge of a sheet of paper, created by punching the paper using a die that punches out the holes


QTY

quantity


Right-Angle fold

two folds at right angles to each other


Sample

rough layout of a printed piece showing position and finished size


Score

an intentional crease made in paper to help eliminate cracking when folded


Self cover

a cover of the same paper as inside text pages


Sheetwise

to use a separate plate for front and back printing, using the same gripper and guide for both sides of the sheet


Side guide

the mechanical register unit on a printing press that positions a sheet from the side


Signature

a sheet of printed pages that when folded become part of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)


Single-sided

only one side of the page is printed, meaning the back side of each page is blank


Spine

the binding edge of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)


SS

single-sided (see single-sided definition)


Stack by page or subset

to keep each piece separate or independent


staple

Staple is a term for a staple added to a printed packet or book, commonly in the upper left corner or along the left side of a booklet.


Step-and-repeat

the process of placing the same image on a single sheet or page of a document multiple times


stitch

Stitch is a staple added to a printed packet or book, commonly in the upper left corner or along the left side of a booklet.


Stock

the material to be printed on


Subset

a defined part of a set


SW

Sheetwise (see sheetwise definition)


Tape Bind

a type of binding that uses a strip of durable tape to hold a book together lines that indicate where to trim before a job goes on the collator or other binding equipment, by doing this it allows the operator to still see the trim marks for final trim


Text weight

lighter-weight (thinner/pliable) paper consisting of various grades


Tints

a shade of a single color or combined colors


Trapping

used to expand the dominant ink to be printed larger-than the less-dominant ink, used to help tight registration on offset printing


Trim Box

(see also Keyline defintion)


Trim marks

see crop marks


Trim size

finished size after final trim is made


TXT

text


UV Coating

protective liquid coating applied to printed sheets (similar to varnish), bonded and cured with ultra-violet (UV) light


UW red

the mixed ink graphic standard for UW printing; also PMS 200


Varnish

clear ink-like substance that is applied to printed surfaces for appearance and protection


Watermark

distinctive design created in paper at the time of manufacture that can be easily seen by holding the paper up to a light


With the grain

folding or feeding paper into the press or folder parallel to the grain of paper


Work and tumble

using the same plate and same guide, printing one side of a sheet, and flipping it from gripper to tail to print on the back of the sheet. Similar to perfecting but 2 passes


Work and turn

using the same plate and common guide, printing one side of a sheet, and flipping it from left to right to print on the back of the sheet


WT

work and turn (see work and turn definition)


WTUM

work and tumble (see work and tumble definition)


Y

Yellow (see Yellow definition)


Yellow

Y, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, yellow in color