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| a design principle that is achieved when the elements of a design are of equal weight and are positioned symmetrically |
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| balance, contrast, unity, rhythm, and proportion |
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| specification sheet (spec) |
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| specifications provide the information relating to type style, type size, line or column wideth, color use, page organization, and other cacts pertaining to a printed product. SPECS ARE THE OVERALL GUIDELINES USED IN A LAYOUT. THE SPEC SHEET IS CREATED before BEGINNING A JOB. |
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| the process of fitting together copy and illustrations in a specific amount of space |
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| 12 points=1 pica, 6 picas = 1 inch (almost) |
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| (picture element) the tiniest image component in digital imaging or display system. tinay dots arranged in rows and columns |
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| a design principle that is acheived by changing the value, size, or location of elements in a design |
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| simple, rapidly drawn designs for a layout |
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| redrawn version of a thumb nail sketch, one specific thumbnail has been selected, refinement is necessary. "dummy" |
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| comprehensive layout (comp) |
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| shows how the printed piece will look when finished. The layout artist is making a close version of the finished product; exact detail is essential |
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| device used to measure the density or darkness of an image |
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| an instrument used to measure type sizes and line lengths in picas or inches |
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| describes the visual quality of an image and is a measure of elements that define the image. (MEASURED IN DOTS PER INCH (DPI) |
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| a relief printing process that uses flexible (usually plastic) printing plates. Flexography is MOSTLY USED IN PACKAGING and is growing in use by printing newspaper and other long run jobs |
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| (flexography) applies ink evenly and consistantly to the relief area of the plate |
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| (gravure) removes excess ink from the raised, non-image area of the cylinder. |
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| (gravure) measured by the time it takes for the volume of cup to be emptied |
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| (gravure) a gravitational flow device used to measure the viscosity of ink |
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| a method of printing from cells or depressions that are engraved below the non-image area of the printing cylinder. Known for its simplicity. DIRECT PRINTING PROCESS. Can run at higher speed and produce very long jobs |
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| intaglio, stylus, rotogravure. |
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| inventor of modern gravure printing |
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| absorption, oxidation, evaporation, solidification, polymerization, gelation, precipitation |
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| refers to the stickiness of the ink |
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| refers to the elasticity of an ink and its ability to form a strand |
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| strong, concentrated ink colorant. pure pigment ground and mixed into linseed oil |
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| can be used to lengthen ink drying time |
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| can be placed on ink after printing to prevent setoff |
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| a condition that results when wet ink on the press sheets transfer to the back of other sheets in the stack |
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| (ink) a measure of the thickness or fluidity of an ink. a basic method for comparing viscosity is to place inks in small wells hollowed out of a flat surface. Tilt surface upward so the inks flow out of the wells. THE INK WITH THE MOST (FASTEST) FLOW HAS THE LOWEST VISCOSITY; THE INK WITH THE LEAST (SLOWEST) FLOW HAS THE HIGHEST VISCOSITY. |
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| process of forcing ink through porous fabric and the open areas of a stencil to produce an image |
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| types of fabric for silk printing |
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| silk, polyester, nylon, metal mesh |
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| Screen printing key words |
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| surometer, filament (threads), mesh count, substrate, tensiometer, tensioning |
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| the number of threads per linear inch |
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| the layout of various sizes and shapes of copy on a page in preparation for the photographic process. LAYOUT IS DONE ON A FLAT, a large support sheet that consists of assembled images. The flat is used to make the printing plate. |
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| The physical assembly of those images on the flat. |
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| the person doing the image assembly |
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| flat (stripping and imposition) |
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| (stripping and imposition) a large support sheet in which images have been attached for exposure on the printing plate |
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| registration (stripping and imposition) |
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| (stripping and imposition) the proper alignment of images on the press sheet or printing plate |
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| sheetwise imposition (stripping and imposition) |
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| (stripping and imposition) a printing layout that uses separate flats and plates to print the front and back of a single press sheet. Different apges appear on each side of the sheet |
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| step and repeat (stripping and imposition) |
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| (stripping and imposition) to expose the same image on a plate a number of times |
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| work and tumble (stripping and imposition) |
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| (stripping and imposition)a printing method where one flat is prepared, but the sheet is tumbled, (or flopped) so the gripper edge changes when the second side is printed |
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| work and turn (stripping and imposition) |
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| (stripping and imposition) a printing method in which one plate surface is used for printing both sides of a sheet without changing the gripper edge |
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| Contact printing is used for: |
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| used for making negatives from positives, making positives from negatives, changing contrast and tonal values, making proofs and plates, producing spreads and chokes, making screen tints, making step-and-repeat images, creating masks, using duplicating films |
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| the process that produces a photographic print by exposing a light-sensitive material (film, photographic paper, or plates) held against a negative or positive in a contact printing frame. The positive or negative is actually in physical contact with the film or photo paper during the exposure. The result is a contact print, which is the same size negative or positive reproduction |
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| a print made in a contact printing frame that makes the original image slightly smaller. The light source angles inward to expose less image area. Also referred to as a "skinny" |
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| a device used for contact printing that utilizes a vacuum or spring action to hold the image and light-sensitive materials together. |
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| a print made in a contact printing frame that makes the original image slightly larger. The light sources spreads out to expose more of the light sensitive material |
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| a glass frame used to hold the film and plate in tight contact for exposure on a platemaker. |
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| a plate exposed once the film has been registered over the plate and a close contact has been made. The light source shines through the image on film and exposes the light sensitive surface of the plate |
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| process of lithographic platemaking |
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| most of the lithographic plates in use today are still based on the principle that grease and water do not readily mix. The image and nonimage areas of a plate are kept separate chemically. The separation is necessary because the image and nonimage are esentially on the same plane. Lithographic plates have three parts: the base or plate grain, the plate covering, and the plate coating |
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| automatic plate processor (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) authomatically prepares plates for the press |
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| computer to plate (CTP) (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) technology that uses imaging systems that take fully-paginated digital materials and expose this information to plates in platesetters or image setters without creating film |
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| electrostatic plate (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) light-sensitive plates that are imaged by a charge of electrostatic energy |
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| laser plate (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) carriers that are imaged digitally by a laser platemaking system |
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| plate (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) image carrier used for printing mulitiple copies on a press |
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| soft image (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) a loss of image that occurs when the outside edges of an image contain less density or tone quality than the inside portion of the image |
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| surface plate (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) presensitized plates coated with light-sensitive material |
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| thermal plate (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) image carriers that can be exposed optically or digitally through the use of heat |
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| waterless plate (lithographic platemaking) |
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| (lithographic platemaking) presensitized plates that use an ink-repellant substance other than water to separate the nonimage area from the image area |
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| a printing method in which inked images are offset, or transferred from one surface to another. Known as indirect printing. BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT INK, AND WATER DO NOT MIX. Ink adheres to the image area only. |
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| (offset lithography) group of rollers designed to apply moisture to the nonimage area of the plate |
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| (offset lithography) contains a thin film of ink to the image area of the plate |
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| (offset lithography) holds the printing plate on the press (right reading) |
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| (offset lithography) holds the image receptive blanket on the press (wrong reading) |
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| (offset lithography) brings the paper into contact with the blanket cylinder (right reading) |
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| (offset lithography) removes the paper from the printing system (*chain delivery system) |
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| (offset lithography) detects paper thickness |
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| (offset lithography) transfers individual sheets of paper to the press and places them for registration |
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| (offset lithography) combo of water, acid and gum that is applied to nonimage area of plate used to repel ink |
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| (offset lithography) to align a stack of paper so that all edges are even |
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| (offset lithography) image carrier |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) condition in which the image area of the plate will not accept ink |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) condition that occurs when a solid image prints unevenly or a faint, second image appears next to the original |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) printing imperfections that appear as dried ink spots surrounded by a white background |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) adjustable devices used to control the flow of ink from the ink fountain to the printing plate |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) condition that occurs when a fine spray of ink is produced by the movement of the ink rollers on a press |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) uneven amounts of ink in the solid portion of the image, causing printed sheet to appear cloudy |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) the lifting of paper fibers caused by the tackiness of ink during the printing process |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) a build up of ink on the ink rollers, plate or blanket |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) a build up of ink film on nonimage areas of a plate |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) the transfer of ink from one sheet to the back of another on a delivery pile |
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| (lithographic press-operation and troubleshooting) an unwanted accumulation of halftone dots that result in a smeared image, commonly caused by slippage or improper contact between the cylinders at the time of impressions. |
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| the general term that applies to the many operations carried out after printing is completed. (cutting, folding, slitting, perforating, creasing and scoring, die cutting, embossing, stamping, numbering, drilling and punching, varnishing, and laminating.) |
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| the process of fastening together the sheets of a product with methods including (gluing, sewing, stapling, or other mechanical means) |
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| (binding and finishing) paper itself creates the image, no ink is used |
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| (binding and finishing) pressure is used to force a sharp metal die through the paper. It is used to make irregular shapes |
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| (binding and finishing) hard cover is attached to the body of the book which is held together by sewing. Most permanent. |
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| (binding and finishing) many different devices used to hold sheets together (ex. loose-leaf binding) |
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| (binding and finishing) adhesive used to hold sheets together (soft cover) |
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| (binding and finishing) small round holes are punched through the pages and metal or plastic wire is spiral fed through them |
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| (binding and finishing) transferring a thin layer of mettalic tone or color to paper, using heat and pressure (foil stamping) |
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| to keep track of the printing jobs as they move through the plant and to convey important information to all departments, some type of job ticket is used. Designed to meet to needs of a specific company or area in a company |
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| record customer, quotation, billing, other important business information. |
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| short summary of the job particulars are recorded here |
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| has check boxes to indicate various actions |
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| things to be done to get ready for press, camera-ready copy, film, negatives or positives |
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| types of proofs requested are identified |
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| sales personnel fill this part out, quantity and size information of paper plus cutting requirements |
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| number of forms, press to be used and ink colors |
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| indicate all finishing operations to be done |
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| how would the customer like the finished product to be packed and shipped/delivered |
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| would the customer like the printer to keep art or projects on file for future reference? |
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| if outside contractor is needed it is listed in this section |
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| if envelopes are being printed the address to be printed will be posted here |
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| a set of rules for conduct at meetings, which keeps assemblies orderly, and guarantees that all people have equal opportunity to express themselves |
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| a single matter to be discussed, or acted on, by an organization |
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| group of persons gathered for any purpose |
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| a discussion of opposing ideas that relate to a motion being considered |
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| the official written record of what was said and done in a meeting |
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| a regular committee which usually serves for one year period, to plan and carry out activities that fall within a certain subject area |
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| any business previously discussed and held over from a previous meeting |
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| more than half the votes cast |
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| two-thirds or more of the legal votes cast |
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| an indication by a member that he or she wants to consider the motion just proposed by another member |
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| is the immediate motion before the assembly |
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| an official gathering of the members in order to transact business |
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| is used in a voice vote to signify approval |
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| used to present an item of business for consideration and action by the assembly |
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| to change the main motion in some way, add to, take away from, or substitute words |
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| deferring an action of a motion until a later time |
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| to call attention to a mistake in correct parliamentary procedure made during th emeeting |
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| to ask a question or call attention to the assembly of an important issue during the meeting |
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| to revote in a specific counting method, especially after a voice vote is used |
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| to place a motion in the hands of a committee |
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| speaking either aye or no |
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| raising your hand to be counted |
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| materials or liquids that catch fire easily |
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| the lowest temperature at which a substance gives off enough vapors to initiate combustion |
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| material safety data sheets (MSDS) |
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| written or printed material concerning a hazardous chemical. one for each chemical must be on file in the shop, and must be easily accessible to everyone |
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| occupation safety and health administration (OSHA) |
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| federal agency established to ensure safe and sanitary working conditions for employees |
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| personal protective equipment (PPE) |
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| clothing or equipment worn for protection from potential bodily injury associated with chemical use or machine operation: examples, safety glasses, aprons, gloves, hearing protection, safety shoes |
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| a potential source of danger |
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| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) |
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| toxic substances that evaporate into the atmosphere, contributing to the development of smog and other health concerns. They can be found in blanket cleaners, ink cleaner, and other petrochemicals. |
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| do not use any equipment until you understand how to use it, and then only after receiving permission. Never walk away from equipment that is in operation. Be sure that all safety guards are in place and keep hands away from moving parts. Only one operater per machine. Remove loose clothing and jewelry and tie back long hair before operating a machine. Wear all required personal protective equipment. Wash hands after they have come in contact with chemicals. Do not engage in horseplay or practical joking in the shop. Work only in well ventilated areas to prevent the build up of toxic fumes in the shop. Smoking is prohibited in the shop at all times. Dispose of all chemical wet rags in a fire proof container, (a metal container with a self-closing lid). Clean up your work area. |
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| combustible materials, (paper, wood, etc) |
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| a lithographic press that prints with one long, continuous web of paper that is fed from a roll. |
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| the areas of the layout that are void of printed images |
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| a very short word, or part of a word, forming the final line of a paragraph |
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| changing the spacing between type set words, for better appearance or to fit copy in a given space |
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| a printing method in which one flat is prepared, but the sheet is tumbled (flopped) so the gripper edge changes when the second side is printed. Only one plate and press makeready are needed. |
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| A printing method in which one plate surface is used for printing both sides of a sheet without changing the gripper edge |
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| The display method used by word processing and page layout programs, in which the monitor display closely matches the printed output. |
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