Against the grain

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


Cover weight

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


Crop

to cut off parts of a picture or image


Crop marks

printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet


Customer's Originals

print ready copy


CVR

Cover


Drill

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

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.


Foamcore

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


Grain

the direction in which the paper fiber lie


Grippers

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.


Impression

putting an image on paper


Imprint

adding copy to a previously printed page


Make-ready

all the activities required to prepare a press for printing


Moire

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


NCR

multiple-part paper form that does not use carbon paper


Offset Paper

term for uncoated paper


Overlay

transparent cover sheet on artwork often used for instructions


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


Right-Angle fold

two folds at right angles to each other


Score

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


Self cover

a cover of the same paper as inside text pages


Signature

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


Stack by page or subset

to keep each piece separate or independent


Step-and-repeat

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


Trapping

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


Trim Box

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


Trim size

finished size after final trim is made


UW red

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


Watermark

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


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