Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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first color down

Printing & publishing; Paper

The first color printed as the sheet passes through the press.

smoothness

Printing & publishing; Paper

The flatness of a sheet of paper, which generally determines the crispness of the image printed upon it.

joint

Printing & publishing; Paper

The flexible hinge where the cover of a casebound book meets the spine, permitting the cover to open without breaking the spine of the book or breaking apart the signatures; also ...

hinges

Printing & publishing; Paper

The flexible joint where the covers of a hardbound book meet the spine, permitting the covers to open without breaking the spine of the book or breaking the signatures apart.

printing pressure

Printing & publishing; Paper

The force or pressure between the blanket cylinder and impression cylinder required to transfer the ink from the blanket to the paper.

four-color process

Printing & publishing; Paper

The four basic colors of ink (yellow, magenta, cyan, and black), which reproduce full-color photographs or art.

press sheet

Printing & publishing; Paper

The full-size sheet of paper is selected for a job to be printed on a sheet-fed press. The sheet size is usually slightly larger than the negative flat, to allow for gripper and ...