DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing Glossary

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

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

print ready copy

shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate

the direction in which the paper fiber lie

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

the lightest areas in a picture or halftone

portion of paper on which ink can appear

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

the image on a film that inverts color

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

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

pagination sheet

total number of pages in a book including blanks

(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing

see page 14, job F141491 for example

page

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

two folds at right angles to each other

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

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

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

to keep each piece separate or independent

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

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

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

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