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Printing & publishing

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

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strip-in

Printing & publishing; Paper

A negative which must be combined with another, to give a single page negative which contains all components; also called set-in.

line negative

Printing & publishing; Paper

A negative made from line copy.

sensitivity guide

Printing & publishing; Paper

A narrow, calibrated continuous tone gray scale with each tone scale numbered.

color comp

Printing & publishing; Paper

A mockup of a proposed layout used for presentations.

wrong-read image

Printing & publishing; Paper

A mirror image such as that appearing on the blanket in offset printing.

guide marks

Printing & publishing; Paper

A method of using crossline marks on the offset press plate to indicate trim, centering of the sheet, centering of the plate, etc. ; these are sometimes called register marks.

Smyth sewing

Printing & publishing; Paper

A method of fastening side-by-side signatures so that each is linked with thread to its neighbor, as well as saddlesewn through its own centerfold. Smyth-sewn books open flat. The ...