A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | J | Job Number A number assigned to a specific printing project in a printing company for use in tracking and historical record keeping. Job Ticket Form used by [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | R | Rainbow Fountain Technique of putting ink colours next to each other in the same ink fountain and oscillating the ink rollers to make the colors [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | S | Saddle Stitch To bind by stapling sheets together where they fold at the spine, as compared to side stitch. Also called pamphlet stitch, saddle wire [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | T | Tabloid Using a broadsheet as a measure, one half of a broadsheet. Tagged Image File Format (TIF) Computer file format used to store images from scanners and [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | U | Uncoated Paper Paper that has not been coated with clay. Also called offset paper. Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) A system to protect unique work from reproducing without [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | K | K Abbreviation for black in four-color process printing. Hence the ‘K’ in CMYK. Key (1) The screw that controls ink flow from the ink fountain of a [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | V | Value The shade (darkness) or tint (lightness) of a colour. Also called brightness, lightness, shade and tone. Varnish Liquid applied as a coating for protection and appearance. Vellum [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | L | Laid Finish Finish on bond or text paper on which grids of parallel lines simulate the surface of handmade paper. Laid lines are close together [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | W | Wash Up To clean ink and fountain solutions from rollers, fountains, screens, and other press components. Waste Unusable paper or paper damage during normal makeready, printing or [...]
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | U | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0-10 | M | Magenta One of the four process colours. Makeready (1) All activities required to prepare a press or other machine to function for a specific printing or bindery [...]
