Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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color bars

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printed bars of ink colors used to monitor a print image. These bars show the amount of ink to be applied by the press, the registration, and the densities across the press sheet.

monotone

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printed in one color only.

two-up binding

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printing and binding in such a way that two books are bound as one, then cut apart into separate books.

engraving

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printing by the intaglio process. Ink is applied to the paper under extreme pressure resulting in a printed surface being raised. Used for fine letterheads, wedding invitations, ...

grainy printing

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printing characterized by unevenness, particularly of halftones.

color process printing

Printing & publishing; Paper

Printing done using cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks, each requiring its own negative and plate. Also called process color or four-color process.