Print Production Flashcards
Produce (books, newspapers, designs) by a mechanical process
Trim
Cut down to (correct) size
Finishing
Value-added operations performed after printing
Bindery
Finishing process where paper is fastened together
Lamination
Finishing process where a thin layer of plastic is applied to paper
Against the Grain
To go at a right angle to the grain direction of the paper
Grain Direction
Direction in which fibers in the paper are aligned.
AKA machine direction
Bleed
Printing that extends to the edge of a sheet or page after trimming
Blow-Up
An enlargement, usually used with graphic images or photographs
CMYK
Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black), the four process colors.
Collate
To organize printed matter in a specific order as requested.
Color Separation
Technique of using a camera, scanner or computer to divide continuous-tone color images into four halftone negatives.
Commercial Printer
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.
Dummy
Simulation of the final product. Also called mockup.
Crop Marks
Lines near the edges of an image indicating portions to be reproduced. Also called cut marks and tic marks.
Die Cut
To cut irregular shapes in paper or paperboard using a die.
DPI
Considered as “dots per square inch,” a measure of output resolution in relationship to printers, imagesetters and monitors.
Emboss
To press an image into paper so it lies above the surface. Also called cameo and tool.
Finished Size
Size of product after production is completed, as compared to flat size. Also called trimmed size.
Flat Size
Size of product after printing and trimming, but before folding, as compared to finished size
Fold Marks
With printed matter, markings indicating where a fold is to occur, usually located at the top edges.
Halftone
To photograph or scan a continuous tone image to convert the image into halftone dots
Imposition
Arrangement of pages on mechanicals or flats so they will appear in proper sequence after press sheets are folded and bound.
Ink Jet Printing
Method of printing by spraying droplets of ink through computer-controlled nozzles. Also called jet printing.
Kiss Die Cut
To die cut the top layer, but not the backing layer, of self-adhesive paper. Also called face cut.
Mark-Up
Instructions written usually on a “dummy.”
Nested
Signatures assembled inside one another in the proper sequence for binding, as compared to gathered. Also called inset.
Page
One side of a leaf in a publication.
Page Count
Total number of pages that a publication has. Also called extent.
Pagination
In the book arena, the numbering of pages.
PMS
Obsolete reference to Pantone Matching System. The correct trade name of the colors in the Pantone Matching System is Pantone colors, not PMS Colors.
Printing
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.
Proof
Test sheet made to reveal errors or flaws, predict results on press and record how a printing job is intended to appear when finished.
