Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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process plates

Printing & publishing; Paper

Two or more color plates in combination that produce other colors and shades.

absorption

Printing & publishing; Paper

The properties within paper that cause it to absorb liquids (inks, water, etc. ) which come in contact with it.

undercolor removal

Printing & publishing; Paper

To improve trapping and reduce ink costs in the process color web printing, color separation films are reduced in color in areas where all three colors overprint and the black ...

plate flaking

Printing & publishing; Paper

This occurs primarily with offset plates with the copper-plate or image area having a tendency to chip off, the chip then moving into the ink train, plate or blanket.