Against the grain
at right angles to direction of paper grain. Opposite of paper grain direction
Coil Bind
a plastic coil that has a 4:1 pitch ratio used as a binding material to hold a book together
Customer's Originals
print ready copy
Cyan
C, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, blue in color
Densitometer
a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink
Density
the degree of color or darkness of an image or photograph
Duotone
a halftone picture made up of two printed colors
Gloss finish
shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate
Grain
the direction in which the paper fiber lie
Halftone
converting a continuous tone to dots for printing
Imposition
the arrangement of pages on a press sheet, or, the arrangement of fields on a document
Impression
putting an image on paper
Imprint
adding copy to a previously printed page
Indicia
postal information place on a printed product
Keyline
an outline drawing (see also trim box defintion)
Laminate
using a high-temperature process to melt plastic on paper, can be one or two-sided
Matte finish
dull paper, ink, or laminate finish
Multi on
two or more different images placed on one sheet two or more of the same images up on one sheet
NCR
multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper
Negative
the image on a film that inverts color
Offsetting
using an intermediate surface to transfer ink. This also occurs when images of freshly printed sheets transfer images to each other
Original
material that is to be reproduced using various printing methods. i.e., PDFs, documents, photographs, artwork, product sample, or artist's drawing
Pantone Matching System
(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing
Perf (Perforation)
a series of small cuts at regular intervals usually made to help a sheet tear apart evenly
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
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
Right-Angle fold
two folds at right angles to each other
Signature
a sheet of printed pages that when folded become part of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)
Single-sided
only one side of the page is printed, meaning the back side of each page is blank
Spine
the binding edge of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)
Step-and-repeat
the process of placing the same image on a single sheet or page of a document multiple times
Tape Bind
a type of binding that uses a strip of durable tape to hold a book together lines that indicate where to trim before a job goes on the collator or other binding equipment, by doing this it allows the operator to still see the trim marks for final trim
Trapping
used to expand the dominant ink to be printed larger-than the less-dominant ink, used to help tight registration on offset printing
UV Coating
protective liquid coating applied to printed sheets (similar to varnish), bonded and cured with ultra-violet (UV) light
Varnish
clear ink-like substance that is applied to printed surfaces for appearance and protection
With the grain
folding or feeding paper into the press or folder parallel to the grain of paper
Work and tumble
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 turn
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