Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

The industry concerned with the preparation and distribution of printed material to the general public.

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imprinter

Printing & publishing; Paper

An auxiliary printing unit, usually employing rubber letterpress plates; imprints copy on top side of web and permits imprint copy to be changed while press is running at full ...

stopping out

Printing & publishing; Paper

An application of opaque to photographic negatives; also the application of special lacquer to protect areas in positives in dot etching; staging of halftone plates during relief ...

solid

Printing & publishing; Paper

An area completely covered with ink, or the use of 100% of a given color. In composition, type set without space (leading) between the lines.

tinting

Printing & publishing; Paper

An all-over color tint on the press sheet in the nonimage area of the sheet, caused by ink pigment dissolving in the dampening solution.

surprint

Printing & publishing; Paper

An additional printing over the design areas of previously printed matter. Its equivalent in stripping uses overlay positive films on negatives, or photographic contact procedures ...

web tension

Printing & publishing; Paper

Amount of pull applied in direction of the travel of a web of paper by the action of a web-fed press.

supercalendering

Printing & publishing; Paper

Alternating rolls of highly polished steel and compressed cotton in a stack. During the process the paper is subjected to the heated steel rolls and "ironed" by the compressed ...