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Hard-sized

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper that has been treated with a large amount of size to increase its resistance to moisture. Slack-sized is the opposite.

Web offset paper

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper that is made to be printed in a continuous manner from a roll. It can be coated or uncoated and must be strong enough to withstand the rigours of web offset printing at high speeds.

Laid writing

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper used for writing and correspondence purposes that has a laid mark.

Ream wrapped

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper which has been separated into reams and individually packaged or wrapped.

(1) In printing, a press problem that generally occurs when sheets make contact with the blanket twice, once just before the impression point and the second time at the impression point, resulting in ...

Binding

Printing & publishing; Paper

(1) Attaching sheets into a single unit by adhesives, sewing, stitching, metal prongs, snaps, etc. The operations that comprise collating, perforating, and folding the elements of a form into the ...