Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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filling in

Printing & publishing; Paper

A condition in offset lithography where ink fills the area between the halftone dots or plugs up the type; also known as plugging or filling up.

slur-gauge

Printing & publishing; Paper

A combination dot gain and slur indicator supplied in positive or negative form. It is a quality control device that shows at a glance dot gain or dot loss. It also demonstrates ...

cold color

Printing & publishing; Paper

A color on the bluish side.

gray level

Printing & publishing; Paper

The number of gray values that can be distinguished by a color separation filter-usually 28 or 256.

continuous tone

Printing & publishing; Paper

Tonal gradation without use of halftone dots.

sheetwise

Printing & publishing; Paper

To print one side of a sheet of paper with one plate, then turn the sheet over and print the other side with another plate using same gripper and opposite side guide.