DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing Glossary

to cut off parts of a picture or image

printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet

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.

metal fingers on a printing press that hold the paper as it passes through the press; the image is registered in relation to the gripper.  Similar to a sideguide.

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

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

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

term for uncoated paper

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.

pagination sheet

total number of pages in a book including blanks

(PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing

perfect bind / perfect bound

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

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

page

unit of measurement. One pica = 1/6 inch

a metal plate imaged in a setting machine for each color separation; required for offset printing

The area where the grippers hold the sheet as it passes through the press

Pantone Matching System (see Pantone Matching System definition)

the mixed ink graphic standard for UW printing; also UW red

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

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

rough layout of a printed piece showing position and finished size

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

to keep each piece separate or independent

added to a printed packet or book, commonly in the upper left corner or along the left side of a booklet

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

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