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

printing on both the front and back side of a sheet

a halftone picture made up of two printed colors

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

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 the head on top that, when duplexed, heads run together on the 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

small magnifying glass used to review a printed image, plate, or position film

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

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 thicker the paper, the lesser amount of show-through; the thinner the paper, the more amount of show-through.

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

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

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