Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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draw-down

Printing & publishing; Paper

A term used to describe an ink chemist's method of roughly determining coating or ink. The application (by a blade or a bar) of a thin film of coating or ink to a piece of paper.

stabilize

Printing & publishing; Paper

A term used to describe paper that has been seasoned so that the moisture content is the same as the air surrounding it.

secondary fiber

Printing & publishing; Paper

A term used for wastepaper, also referred to as paper stock.

soft ink

Printing & publishing; Paper

A term that describes the consistency of lithographic inks.

scumming

Printing & publishing; Paper

A term referring to the press plate picking up ink in the nonprinting areas for a variety of reasons, basically due to spots or areas not remaining desensitized.

watermark

Printing & publishing; Paper

A term referring to the impression of a design, pattern or symbol in a sheet while it is being formed on the paper machine wire. It appears in the finished sheet as either a ...