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Prepress proof
Printing & publishing; Paper
A trial print made photographically before the plate has been made to eliminate the expense of making press proofs. See off-press proofs.
Dandy roll
Printing & publishing; Paper
(1) A plain roll situated above the wet web of the paper to provide a smoothing action to the top surface of the paper as it passes under the roll. (2) A watermarking dandy roll is a roll of skeletal ...
Blind embossing
Printing & publishing; Paper
A printing technique in which a bas-relief design is pushed forward without foil or ink.
Register mark
Printing & publishing; Paper
Mark placed on a form to assist in proper positioning of after-printing operations. Two short lines at right angles are called an angle mark. Also, bulls-eye marks placed on camera-ready copy to ...
Reducers
Printing & publishing; Paper
In printing inks, varnishes, solvents, oily or greasy compounds used to reduce the consistency for printing. In photography, chemicals used to reduce the density of negative or positive images or the ...
Two-sheet detector
Printing & publishing; Paper
In printing presses, a device for stopping or tripping the press when more than one sheet attempts to feed into the grippers.