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Printing paper and industry terms.

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Porosity

Printing & publishing; Paper

The degree to which a paper will allow the permeation of air, gas, or liquid, determined by the compactness of its fibers.

Screen range

Printing & publishing; Paper

The density difference between the highlight and shadow areas of copy that a halftone screen can reproduce without a flash exposure.

Specifier

Printing & publishing; Paper

The designer or printing production worker who determines the types of paper to be used under various circumstances.

Grain direction

Printing & publishing; Paper

The direction of the fibres in paper.

Lip

Printing & publishing; Paper

The allowance for overlap of one-half of the open side edge of a folded section, needed for sewn and saddlestitch binding, for feeding the sections; also called lap.

Relative humidity (RH)

Printing & publishing; Paper

The amount of water vapour present in the atmosphere expressed as a percentage of the maximum that could be present at the same temperature.

Backbone

Printing & publishing; Paper

The back of a bound book; also called the spine.

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