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Show-through

Printing & publishing; Paper

In printing, the undesirable condition in which the printing on the reverse side of a sheet can be seen through the sheet under normal lighting conditions.

Grippers

Printing & publishing; Paper

In sheetfed printing presses, metal fingers that clamp on paper and control its flow as it passes through.

Page makeup

Printing & publishing; Paper

In stripping, assembly of all elements to make up a page. In digital imaging, the electronic assembly of page elements to compose a complete page with all elements in place on a video display ...

Baseline

Printing & publishing; Paper

In typesetting, the invisible line on which letters and numbers set.

Offset press

Printing & publishing; Paper

Indirect rotary press with plate cylinder, blanket cylinder and an impression cylinder.

Page proofs

Printing & publishing; Paper

Initial impression of a page pulled for checking purposes before the entire job is run.

Paper surface efficiency

Printing & publishing; Paper

Measure of the printability of a sheet of paper which is dependent upon the amount of ink the paper absorbs, the smoothness of its surface, and the evenness of its caliper.

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