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Machine direction
Printing & publishing; Paper
Establishes the grain direction, which is always parallel with the travel of the paper over the wire.
Trim
Printing & publishing; Paper
Excess of the paper allowed a printed sheet for gripper and bleed.
Apron
Printing & publishing; Paper
Extra space at the binding edge of a fold-out, usually on a French fold, which allows folding and tipping without interfering with the copy.
Picking
Printing & publishing; Paper
Fibres in the paper which tend to pull away from the surface during the printing process. This occurs when the tack or pull of the ink is greater than the surface strength of the paper.
Comprehensive proof
Printing & publishing; Paper
Final proof presented in the format the printed piece will take.
Spotting out
Printing & publishing; Paper
Fine opaquing such as in removing pinholes or other small transparent defects in a negative; also called Opaquing.
Wove
Printing & publishing; Paper
Finish characterised by the impressions of a felt dandy roll covered in woven wire and without laid lines. ENVIRONMENT® Papers.
