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