at right angles to the direction of the paper grain; opposite of paper grain direction

print ready copy

C: one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process; blue in color

shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate

the direction in which the paper fiber lie

converting a continuous tone to dots for printing

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

dull paper, ink, or laminate finish

multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper

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.

total number of pages in a book including blanks

(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing

type of binding that uses glue on the spine of the sheets to adhere a cover to the sheets, like a phone book

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

two folds at right angles to each other

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

the binding edge of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)

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

a type of binding that uses a strip of durable tape to hold a book together

a shade of a single color or combined colors

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

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

using the same plate and common guide, printing one side of a sheet, and flipping it from left to right to print on the back of the sheet