Paper

Paper

Printing paper and industry terms.

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Paper

Refers to paper that has been trimmed improperly thus causing the corners to be less or more than 90 degrees. This leads to difficulty during the printing process and often results in misregister of ...

Silk-screen

Printing & publishing; Paper

Print from a stencil image maker where the ink is applied by squeegee through a silk screen.

Colour bars

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printed bars of ink colours used to monitor a print image. These bars show the amount of ink to be applied by the press, the registration, and the densities across the press sheet.

Two-up binding

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printing and binding in such a way that two books are bound as one, then cut apart into separate books.

Engraving

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printing by the intaglio process. Ink is applied to the paper under extreme pressure resulting in a printed surface being raised. Used for fine letterheads, wedding invitations, etc.

Colour process printing

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printing done using cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks, each requiring its own negative and plate. Also called process colour or four-color process.