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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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relative humidity (RH)
Printing & publishing; Paper
The amount of water vapor present in the atmosphere expressed as a percentage of the maximum that could be present at the same temperature.
grammage
Printing & publishing; Paper
The basis weight of paper stated in metric terms of grams per square meter and expressed as g/m2. Thus a sheet of paper 17 x 22 with a basis weight of 20 lbs. For 500 sheets would ...
smashing
Printing & publishing; Paper
The binding operation following sewing in which the folded and sewn sheets are compressed to tighten the fold free of air to make the front and back of the sheets the same ...
gutter
Printing & publishing; Paper
The blank space or inner margin on a press sheet from printing area to binding.
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