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Paper production
Paper manufacturing and production terms.
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shell
Printing & publishing; Paper
(1) A slip case for holding bound volumes of a set. (2) The copper (or nickel) duplicate of type or engravings produced in the plating tanks on impressions in wax or other molding mediums.
dandy roll
Printing & publishing; Paper
(1) A plain roll situated above the wet web of the paper to provide a smoothing action to the top surface of the paper as it passes under the roll. (2) A watermarking dandy roll is a roll of skeletal ...
waviness
Printing & publishing; Paper
Characteristic of a pile of sheets when the outer edges retain more moisture from the air than the center does or when the center retains more moisture then the outer edges do. It is a form of paper ...
pulp
Printing & publishing; Paper
Cellulose fiber material produced by chemical or mechanical means from which paper and paperboard is manufactured. Origins of this cellulose fiber are many and can include wood, cotton, straw, jute, ...
wet-end finish
Printing & publishing; Paper
Category of finishes such as antique, eggshell, vellum applied to the wet paper web by machine rolls and the presses at the wet end of the papermaking machine.
web break
Printing & publishing; Paper
Break in a roll of paper while it is on the machine during manufacturing or while on the printing press during production.
well-closed formation
Printing & publishing; Paper
Bonding of fibers in a sheet that provides an overall uniformity. Opposite of wild.
