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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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wetting agent
Printing & publishing; Paper
A material capable of lowering the surface tension of water and water solutions and increasing their wetting powers.
logo
Printing & publishing; Paper
A mark or symbol created for an individual, company, or product that translates the impression of the body it is representing into a graphic image.
Sheridan saddle stitcher-trimmer
Printing & publishing; Paper
A machine used to gather, cover, stitch, and trim saddle stitch books.
prescreen
Printing & publishing; Paper
A lower contrast halftone, printed on glossy photographic paper for direct pasteup with line copy, to avoid stripping of a halftone negative into a line negative.
cross machine direction
Printing & publishing; Paper
A line perpendicular to the direction the paper travels through the papermaking machine. Also referred to as Cross direction or Cross grain.
onionskin
Printing & publishing; Paper
A lightweight, cockle finish paper used for making copies of correspondence.
ghost halftone
Printing & publishing; Paper
A light halftone that may be overprinted with solid copy.
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