- Industry: Printing & publishing
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Neenah Paper, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of fine papers and technical products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Fine Paper and Technical Products. The Fine Paper segment provides writing papers used in business and personal ...
An all-over color tint on the press sheet in the nonimage area of the sheet, caused by ink pigment dissolving in the dampening solution.
Industry:Printing & publishing
An additional printing over the design areas of previously printed matter. Its equivalent in stripping uses overlay positive films on negatives, or photographic contact procedures to produce such overprints as "Sale," "$1. 98" "Sample," etc. Also called overprint.
Industry:Printing & publishing
Amount of pull applied in direction of the travel of a web of paper by the action of a web-fed press.
Industry:Printing & publishing; Manufacturing
Alternating rolls of highly polished steel and compressed cotton in a stack. During the process the paper is subjected to the heated steel rolls and "ironed" by the compressed cotton rolls. It imparts a high, gloss finish to the paper. Supercalender stacks are not an inherent part of the paper machine whereas the calender rolls are.
Industry:Printing & publishing; Manufacturing
Also known as relief typographic printing, letterpress printing employs the use of type or designs cast or engraved in relief (raised) on a variety of surfaces which can include metal, rubber, and wood. Opposite of intaglio printing, in letterpress printing the ink is applied to the raised printing surface. Non-printing areas or spaces are recessed. Impressions are made in various ways. On a platen press the impressions are made by pressure against a flat area of type or plate. Flat-bed cylinder press printing uses the pressure of a cylinder rolling across a flat area of type or plate to create the impression. A rotary web press uses a plate that has been stereotyped (molded into a curved form) which presses against another cylinder carrying the paper.
Industry:Printing & publishing
Allowing paper to adjust itself to the temperature and humidity of the printing plant prior to use.
Industry:Printing & publishing; Manufacturing
Alkaline process of cooking pulp also known as the kraft process. Wood chips are cooked to a high brightness without fiber degradation in a substance of sodium sulfate and sodium sulfide.
Industry:Printing & publishing; Manufacturing
Alignment of one element of a form in relation to another. Also, alignment of printed images upon the same sheet of paper.
Industry:Printing & publishing
After the job is printed and folded, a trim will be taken off all four sides to remove any reference or registration marks and give a clean edge to the pile of sheets.
Industry:Printing & publishing; Manufacturing
Additive substances applied to the paper either internally through the beater or as a coating that improves printing qualities and resistance to liquids. Commonly used sizes are starch and latex.
Industry:Printing & publishing; Manufacturing
