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, sytrofoam-like board to which printed material is applied or mounted

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

Magenta; also the Roman numeral for 1,000

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

pronounced “moor-ay”: incorrect screen angles or dot patterns causing an undesirable waviness in an image or photograph

two or more different images place on one sheet; two or more of the same images imposed on one sheet

the same image placed on a single sheet or page of a document multiple times

(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

the lines on a drawing showing the final dimensions of a piece

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)