Print Production

Question 1

Print

Answer 1

Produce (books, newspapers, designs) by a mechanical process

Question 2

Trim

Answer 2

Cut down to (correct) size

Question 3

Finishing

Answer 3

Value-added operations performed after printing

Question 4

Bindery

Answer 4

Finishing process where paper is fastened together

Question 5

Lamination

Answer 5

Finishing process where a thin layer of plastic is applied to paper

Question 6

Against the Grain

Answer 6

To go at a right angle to the grain direction of the paper

Question 7

Grain Direction

Answer 7

Direction in which fibers in the paper are aligned.

AKA machine direction

Question 8

Bleed

Answer 8

Printing that extends to the edge of a sheet or page after trimming

Question 9

Blow-Up

Answer 9

An enlargement, usually used with graphic images or photographs

Question 10

CMYK

Answer 10

Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black), the four process colors.

Question 11

Collate

Answer 11

To organize printed matter in a specific order as requested.

Question 12

Color Separation

Answer 12

Technique of using a camera, scanner or computer to divide continuous-tone color images into four halftone negatives.

Question 13

Commercial Printer

Answer 13

Printer producing a wide range of products such as announcements, brochures, posters, booklets, stationery, business forms, books and magazines. Also called job printer because each job is different.

Question 14

Dummy

Answer 14

Simulation of the final product. Also called mockup.

Question 15

Crop Marks

Answer 15

Lines near the edges of an image indicating portions to be reproduced. Also called cut marks and tic marks.

Question 16

Die Cut

Answer 16

To cut irregular shapes in paper or paperboard using a die.

Question 17

DPI

Answer 17

Considered as “dots per square inch,” a measure of output resolution in relationship to printers, imagesetters and monitors.

Question 18

Emboss

Answer 18

To press an image into paper so it lies above the surface. Also called cameo and tool.

Question 19

Finished Size

Answer 19

Size of product after production is completed, as compared to flat size. Also called trimmed size.

Question 20

Flat Size

Answer 20

Size of product after printing and trimming, but before folding, as compared to finished size

Question 21

Fold Marks

Answer 21

With printed matter, markings indicating where a fold is to occur, usually located at the top edges.

Question 22

Halftone

Answer 22

To photograph or scan a continuous tone image to convert the image into halftone dots

Question 23

Imposition

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Arrangement of pages on mechanicals or flats so they will appear in proper sequence after press sheets are folded and bound.

Question 24

Ink Jet Printing

Answer 24

Method of printing by spraying droplets of ink through computer-controlled nozzles. Also called jet printing.

Question 25

Kiss Die Cut

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To die cut the top layer, but not the backing layer, of self-adhesive paper. Also called face cut.

Question 26

Mark-Up

Answer 26

Instructions written usually on a “dummy.”

Question 27

Nested

Answer 27

Signatures assembled inside one another in the proper sequence for binding, as compared to gathered. Also called inset.

Question 28

Page

Answer 28

One side of a leaf in a publication.

Question 29

Page Count

Answer 29

Total number of pages that a publication has. Also called extent.

Question 30

Pagination

Answer 30

In the book arena, the numbering of pages.

Question 31

PMS

Answer 31

Obsolete reference to Pantone Matching System. The correct trade name of the colors in the Pantone Matching System is Pantone colors, not PMS Colors.

Question 32

Printing

Answer 32

Any process that transfers to paper or another substrate an image from an original such as a film negative or positive, electronic memory, stencil, die or plate.

Question 33

Proof

Answer 33

Test sheet made to reveal errors or flaws, predict results on press and record how a printing job is intended to appear when finished.