DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing Glossary

printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet

print ready copy

a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink

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

portion of paper on which ink can appear

imposition

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

putting an image on paper

adding copy to a previously printed page

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

1. Magenta (see Magenta definition) 

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

all the activities required to prepare a press for printing

dull paper, ink, or laminate finish

occurs when screen angles are wrong causing odd patterns in photographs

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

(see Step-and-repeat)

(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing

Pantone Matching System (see Pantone Matching System definition)

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

rough layout of a printed piece showing position and finished size

(see also Keyline defintion)

see crop marks

finished size after final trim is made

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

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 tumble (see work and tumble definition)