Paper

Paper

Printing paper and industry terms.

Industry: Printing & publishing

Add a new term

Contributors in Paper

Become a Contributors

Paper

Specialty papers or boards

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper or board that is manufactured, or subsequently converted, for a specific use. These grades usually cannot be used for anything other than their intended special purpose.

Proprietary mill brand

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper retaining the name of the owner of the mill.

On the wet end of the paper machine the straps or deckle rulers that prevent the fibre from overflowing the sides of the machine. The deckle determines how wide the paper on a particular machine will ...

Wet-strength papers

Printing & publishing; Paper

Once wet, ordinary papers lose most of their original dry-strength properties. Wet strength papers possess properties that resist disintegration and rupture when saturated with water. Papers are ...

Surface plate

Printing & publishing; Paper

One of the two basic types of lithographic press plates; a colloid image is formed on the light-sensitized metal plate by the action of actinic light passing through photographic negatives.

Inking mechanism

Printing & publishing; Paper

On a printing press, the ink fountain and all the parts used to meter, transfer, break down, distribute, cool or heat, and supply the ink to the printing members. Also called inking system.