DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing Glossary

referring to copies, SS docs to SS copies

referring to copies, SS docs to DS copies

referring to copies, DS docs to SS copies

referring to copies, DS docs to DS copies

a plastic coil that has a 4:1 pitch ratio used as a binding material to hold a book together

a finishing term for gathering paper in a precise order

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

to cut off parts of a picture or image

printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet

print ready copy

a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink

document

see duplex category

Drop fold is a set of multiple pages that fold together as a booklet, and are then dropped into a machine that does a right angle fold, commonly for mailing.

a halftone picture made up of two printed colors

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

bindery term, one or more intentional creases in the paper

shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate

converting a continuous tone to dots for printing

right reading sheets with head on top, that, when duplexed, heads run together on front and back of sheet. The back sheet is right-side up

right reading sheets with head on top, that, when duplexed, heads run opposite on front and back of sheet. The back sheet is upside down

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

putting an image on paper

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

term for uncoated paper

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

the amount of show-through on a printed sheet. The lesser the amount of show-through the thicker the paper, the more show-through the thinner the paper

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

transparent cover sheet on artwork often used for instructions

total number of pages in a book including blanks

(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing

a series of small cuts at regular intervals usually made to help a sheet tear apart evenly

the process of combining four basic colors to create a printed color picture or colors composed from the basic four colors

two folds at right angles to each other

an intentional crease made in paper to help eliminate cracking when folded

a cover of the same paper as inside text pages

to keep each piece separate or independent

the material to be printed on

(see also Keyline defintion)

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

Y, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, yellow in color