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Printing equipment

Printing equipment consists of printers, scanners, copy machines etc. which create copies of hard materials or electronic documents, pictures etc.

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Printing equipment

pica

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Unit of measure in typesetting. One pica = 1/6 inch.

picking

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Printers nightmare that occurs as the surface of a sheet lifts off during printing. Generally a paper manufactures quality control problem.

pin register

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

A standard used to fit film to film and film to plates and plates to press to assure the proper registration of printer colors.

plate gap

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Gripper space. The area where the grippers hold the sheet as it passes through the press.

PMS

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

The abbreviated name of the Pantone Color Matching System.

PMT

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

Abbreviated name for photomechanical transfer. Often used to make position prints.

point

Printing & publishing; Printing equipment

For paper, a unit of thickness equaling 1/1000 inch. for typesetting, a unit of height equaling 1/72 inch.

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