DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing DoIT Digital Publishing & Printing Glossary

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

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

Cover

a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink

3 or 5 holes drilled on the binding edge of a sheet of paper, created by drilling though the paper; standard hole diameter is 5/16 inch

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.

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

the direction in which the paper fiber lie

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.

portion of paper on which ink can appear

putting an image on paper

adding copy to a previously printed page

all the activities required to prepare a press for printing

pronounced “moor-ay”: incorrect screen angles or dot patterns causing an undesirable waviness in an image or photograph

multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper

term for uncoated 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

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

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

a sheet of printed pages that when folded become part of a publication (i.e., book, magazine, etc.)

to keep each piece separate or independent

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

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

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

see crop marks

finished size after final trim is made

the mixed ink graphic standard for UW printing; also PMS 200

clear ink-like substance that is applied to printed surfaces for appearance and protection

distinctive design created in paper at the time of manufacture that can be easily seen by holding the paper up to a light

folding or feeding paper into the press or folder parallel to the grain of paper

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