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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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web

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

A roll of printing paper.

web press

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

The name of a type of presses that print from rolls of paper.

Wire O

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

A bindery trade name for mechanical binding using double loops of wire through a hole.

Wire-O binding

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

A method of wire binding books along the binding edge that will allow the book to lay flat using double loops. See Wire O.

with the grain

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Folding or feeding paper into the press or folder parallel to the grain of the paper.

flop

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

The reverse side of an image.

foil

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

A metallic or pigmented coating on plastic sheets or rolls used in foil stamping and foil embossing.