Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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pocket

Printing & publishing; Paper

(1) A station on the gathering line. (2) Paper, cloth, vinyl, or other material made into a pocket, with or without gussets, affixed inside the front or back cover of a book. A ...

band

Printing & publishing; Paper

(1) A strip of paper, printed or unprinted, that wraps around loose sheets (in lieu of binding with a cover) or assembled pieces. (2) The operation of putting a paper band around ...

skid

Printing & publishing; Paper

(1) A reusable platform support, made of wood, on which sheets of paper are delivered, and on which printed sheets or folded sections are stacked. Also used to ship materials, ...

shell

Printing & publishing; Paper

(1) A slip case for holding bound volumes of a set. (2) The copper (or nickel) duplicate of type or engravings produced in the plating tanks on impressions in wax or other molding ...

dandy roll

Printing & publishing; Paper

(1) A plain roll situated above the wet web of the paper to provide a smoothing action to the top surface of the paper as it passes under the roll. (2) A watermarking dandy roll ...

halftone screened positive

Printing & publishing; Paper

A photographic positive containing a halftone image.

waviness

Printing & publishing; Paper

Characteristic of a pile of sheets when the outer edges retain more moisture from the air than the center does or when the center retains more moisture then the outer edges do. It ...