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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.

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