Accordian Fold: in binding, a term used to describe parallel folds, each opening opposite the next.
Blanket: in offset lithography, it's the rubber surfaced sheet clamped around the cylinder of the
printing press which transfers the image from plate to paper.
Camera Ready Art: material given to the printer that needs no further work before being passed on
the the camera department. Camera copy should be clean, flat and printed in dark ink.
Die: a design, letters or pattern cut in metal for stamping, embossing or for die cutting.
Extended: a typeface that presents a wide appearance.
Four-Color Process: the four basic colors of ink (yellow, magenta, cyan and black) which reproduce
full-color photographs or art.
Gripper: the leading edge of paper as it passes through a printing process. No printing can
take place on the gripper edge.
Hard Copy: a typesetting term used in any output. A readable copy on paper opposed to copy
on a screen or disk.
Imposition: layout pages in a press form so that they will be in the correct order after the printed
sheet is folded.
Justified: describes text copy that is typeset flush to both the left and right margins.
Keyline: an outline drawing on finished art to indicate the exact shape, position, and size for
such elements as halftones, line sketches, etc.
Linen Finish: a paper embossed to have a surface resembling linen cloth.
Make Ready: all work that is done prior to printing. Adjusting feeder, grippers, side guides,
putting ink in fountain, etc.
Negative: reverse film used to burn a printing plate, which in turn makes the images into positive.
Over Run: copies printed in excess of the specified quantity.
PMS: widely known in the trade as Pantone Matching System, which is an ink color system with numbers
and formulas to achieve desired color.
Quad Left: direction to set copy to the left margin, also known as flush left.
Ream: 500 sheets of paper.
Solid: an area completely covered in ink.
Trap: the overlap allowed for two colors to print on the same sheet, used to compensate for misregister
and to avoid white spaces between colors.
Up: in printing, two-up, three-up etc., refers to imposition of material to be printed on
a larger size sheet than would be necessary, to take advantage of press size capacity.
Varnish: a thin, protective coating applied to a printed sheet for protection or appearance.
Watermark: design, pattern or symbol impressed in paper while it is being formed. Appears
as a lighter or darker area when paper is held up to light.
Xerography: a dry process using electrostatic principals to take pictures or reproduce documents.
