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

at right angles to direction of paper grain. Opposite of paper grain direction

booklet

a finishing term for gathering paper in a precise order

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

print ready copy

a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink

the degree of color or darkness of an image or photograph

a halftone picture made up of two printed colors

cut to the edge

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 lightest areas in a picture or halftone

head-to-toe (see head-to-toe definition)

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

adding copy to a previously printed page

using a high-temperature process to melt plastic on paper, can be one or two-sided

M, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, pink/purple in color

dull paper, ink, or laminate finish

two or more different images placed on one sheet two or more of the same images up on one sheet

(see Step-and-repeat)

the image on a film that inverts color

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

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

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

see page 14, job F141491 for example

Plate is a metal plate is imaged in a plate setter for each separation on an offset press job.

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

quantity

two folds at right angles to each other

to use a separate plate for front and back printing, using the same gripper and guide for both sides of the sheet

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

Staple is a term for a staple 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

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

the material to be printed on

a defined part of a set

a type of binding that uses a strip of durable tape to hold a book together lines that indicate where to trim before a job goes on the collator or other binding equipment, by doing this it allows the operator to still see the trim marks for final trim

lighter-weight (thinner/pliable) paper consisting of various grades

a shade of a single color or combined colors

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

(see also Keyline defintion)

see crop marks

finished size after final trim is made

text

protective liquid coating applied to printed sheets (similar to varnish), bonded and cured with ultra-violet (UV) light

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

work and turn (see work and turn definition)

work and tumble (see work and tumble definition)