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Feel

Printing & publishing; Paper

Term expressing an individual's impression of a paper's finish and stiffness or suppleness.

Sealed

Printing & publishing; Paper

Term often applied to cut size sheets which are packaged "ream sealed", 500 sheets to the package.

Feathering

Printing & publishing; Paper

Tendency of an ink image to spread with a fuzzy, "feather like" edge.

Tensile strength

Printing & publishing; Paper

Tensile strength relates to the stress and strain to which paper is subjected in its many end use applications. It is defined as the maximum force required to break a paper strip of a given width ...

Bonding strength

Printing & publishing; Paper

The strength of the paper fibres to resistance of picking or tearing during offset printing.

Head

Printing & publishing; Paper

The top of a page of text which can be a chapter heading, title line, etc…

Blanket contamination

Printing & publishing; Paper

Unwanted matter that becomes attached to the offset blanket and interferes with print quality.

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