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| The space in between columns and pages. |
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The joining of leafs or signatures.
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| Rubber-coated pad, mounted on a cylinder of an offset press, that receives the inked image from the plate and transfers it to the surface to be printed |
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| Printing that extends to the end of the page after trimming on 3 or less sides |
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| Printing that extends to the edge of a sheet or page on all sides after trimming. |
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| The main text of work not including the headlines. |
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The front cover.
[image]http://www.graphicsfuel.com/2010/10/psd-book-template-icons/ |
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| Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black), the four process colors. |
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| Lines near the edges of an image indicating portions to be reproduced. Also called cut marks and tic marks. |
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| Device for cutting, scoring, stamping, embossing and debossing. |
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| To cut irregular shapes in paper or paperboard using a die. |
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| "dots per square inch," a measure of output resolution in relationship to printers, imagesetters and monitors. |
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| Simulation of the final product. |
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| To press an image into paper so it lies above the surface. |
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| Edge of a bound publication opposite the spine. |
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| Markings indicating where a fold is to occur. |
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| Method of printing using metal cylinders etched with millions of tiny wells that hold ink. |
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| hue, lightness, saturation |
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| one impression equals one press sheet passing once through the press. |
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| Cylinder that pushes paper against the plate or blanket. |
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| Amount of space between lines of type. |
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| One sheet of paper in a publication. Each side of a leaf is one page. |
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| Method of printing from raised surfaces. |
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| Space around the edge of the printed material. |
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| Printing technique that transfers ink from a plate to a blanket to paper instead of directly from plate to paper. |
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| Perfecting Press/ Duplex Press |
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| Press capable of printing both sides of the paper during a single pass. |
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| Piece of paper, metal, plastic or rubber carrying an image to be reproduced using a printing press. |
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| Surface carrying an image to be printed. Quick printing uses paper or plastic plates; letterpress, engraving and commercial lithography use metal plates; flexography uses rubber or soft plastic plates. Gravure printing uses a cylinder. |
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| Printing press which passes the substrate between two rotating cylinders when making an impression. |
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| Line used as a graphic element to separate or organize copy. |
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| To bind by stapling sheets together where they fold at the spine |
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| Thermography/ Raised Printing |
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| Method of printing using colorless resin powder that takes on the color of underlying ink. |
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| Initial ideas jotted on virtually anything in regard to initial concept of a future project. |
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| Press that prints from rolls of paper, usually cutting it into sheets after printing. |
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