4C
4 colors - color printing
BC
business card
Black
K, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, black in color. Also referred to as the Key color
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
DOC
document
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
Hickey
reoccurring unplanned spots that appear in the printed image from dust, lint, dried ink
Indicia
postal information place on a printed product
NCR
multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper
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
Page count
total number of pages in a book including blanks
Pantone Matching System
(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing
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
Pica
unit of measurement. One pica = 1/6 inch
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
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
Stack by page or subset
to keep each piece separate or independent
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
UV Coating
protective liquid coating applied to printed sheets (similar to varnish), bonded and cured with ultra-violet (UV) light