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)
Coil Bind
a plastic coil that has a 4:1 pitch ratio used as a binding material to hold a book together
Double-sided
see duplex category
PB
perfect bind / perfect bound
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
Stack by page or subset
to keep each piece separate or independent
Subset
a defined part of a set
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
Trim Box
(see also Keyline defintion)
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