Printing & publishing

Printing & publishing

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

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raster image processor

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Hardware, software, or both which prepares images for output in rasterized format (*.RIP) on the computer screen or printer.

media kit

Printing & publishing; Publishing

Synonymous with press kit (qv), with the ostensible exception that a press kit does not include advertising rate information.

controlled circulation

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The practice of sending complimentary copies of a magazine, usually trade, literary, or other subsidized periodicals, to specific subscribers, whose selection is based upon their ...

proofreader's marks

Printing & publishing; Publishing

With more editing and typesetting being performed on computers, the esoteric proofreader's marks are falling into disuse, but their principles still apply to blueline and galley ...

side note

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A note written or printed on one of the side margins of a page, adjacent to the passage to which it refers, usually in writing or type distinct from the text. A side note, also ...

super extended graphics array (SXGA)

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A specification that can display 1280 x 1024 resolution, or approximately 1.3 million pixels. See screen, illustration.

legend

Printing & publishing; Publishing

An inscription, as a motto or epigraph on a crest, monument, or illustration. Also, an explanatory table or key to symbols and signs, as on a chart or map.