- abrasion resistance
- absorption
- Accordion Fold
- acetate proof
- acid-free paper
- acidity
- against the grain
- air-dried paper
- alcohol/alcohol substitutes
- aluminum plate
- announcement cards
- antique finish
- apron
- archival paper
- artificial parchment
- artwork
- ascenders
- backbone
- back cylinder pressure
- backing up
- bagasse
- baggy roll
- band
- barium sulfate
- baronial envelope
- base color
- baseline
- base stock
- basic size
- basis weight
- beater
- beater sized
- bindery
- binding
- binding edge
- black printer
- blank
- blanket
- blanket contamination
- blanket creep
- blanket cylinder
- blanket pull
- bleach
- bleaching
- bleed
- blind embossing
- blocking
- blocking out
- blowup
- blueprint
- boldface
- bonding strength
- bond paper
- booklet
- book paper
- brightness
- bristol
- bristol board
- broke
- broken carton
- bruising
- bulk
- bulking dummy
- bursting strength
- butted joint
- caking
- calcium carbonate, CaSo4
- calcium sulphite, CaSo3
- calendering
- calender stacks
- caliper
- camera-ready art
- casebound
- cellulose
- cellulose fiber
- center spread
- chain lines
- chalking
- character
- character count
- chemical ghosting
- chemical pulp
- chip board
- choke
- cibachrome
- clear formation
- close formation
- cloudy formation
- cockle finish
- cold color
- cold foiling
- collate
- color bars
- color comp
- color correction
- color fastness
- color guide
- color key
- color process printing
- color proofs
- color scanner (electronic scanner)
- color separation
- commercial match
- commodity papers
- composite image
- comprehensive layout
- comprehensive proof
- condensed face or condensed type
- conditioning
- continuous tone
- converter
- correspondence papers
- cotton content paper
- cotton linters
- couch roll
- cover DT
- cover paper
- cromalin proofs
- crop marks
- cropping
- cross direction
- cross grain fold
- cross - machine direction
- curl
- cut size
- cutter dust
- cut to register
- cyan – process blue
- dampeners
- dampening solution
- damp streaks
- dandy roll
- day-glo
- debossing
- deckle
- deckle edge
- decurler
- decurling
- de-inking
- delamination
- delivery
- densitometer
- density
- descender
- die
- die-cutting
- digester
- dimensional stability
- dirt
- dished
- distributor
- dividers
- dot
- dot etching
- dots, halftone
- dot slurring
- dot spread
- double-black halftone printing
- double burning
- double-deckle paper
- double-dot halftone
- double-thick cover stock
- double varnish
- doubling
- doughnut hickey
- downtime
- dpi
- drag
- draw-down
- drier
- driers
- drilling
- drop-out
- dry back
- dry-end
- dryer (drying oven)
- drying time
- d.t. cover
- dummy
- duotone
- duplex
- dusting
- dye
- dye transfer
- dylux
- ECF
- E.C.H. Will Sheeter
- electronic color scanner
- electronic printing
- electrostatic copying
- elemental chlorine-free
- elliptical dot
- em
- embossed finish
- embossing
- emulsion
- emulsion up and emulsion down
- en
- encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
- end-leaf paper
- engraving
- fadeout halftone
- fake duotone
- fanfold
- fanout
- fast-drying ink
- feathering
- feeder
- feed rollers
- feel
- feet-per-minute
- felt
- felt finish
- felt side
- fiber
- fiber orientation
- fibrillae
- fibrillation
- fill
- filler
- filling in
- film mechanical
- final negatives
- fine merchant, fine paper distributor
- fine papers
- finished art
- finishing broke
- first color down
- flag
- flash exposure
- flat
- flatbed press
- flatbed scanner
- flat color
- flat etching
- flexography
- flop
- flow
- fluorescent inks
- flush cover
- flyleaf
- fog
- foil
- foil stamping
- folding endurance
- foldout
- folio
- foot
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- formation
- for position only (FPO)
- fountain
- fountain solution
- four-color process
- fourdrinier
- four-sided trim (trim 4)
- free-sheet
- french fold
- FSC
- furnish
- fuzz (fluff)
- gang printing
- gatefold
- GATF
- gathering
- GCR
- gear streaks
- generation
- genuine watermark
- ghost halftone
- ghosting
- gild
- glass
- gloss ink
- glued-on cover
- gluing off
- grade
- grain direction
- grain long
- grain short
- grainy printing
- grammage
- graphic designer
- gravure
- gray balance
- gray level
- gray scale
- gripper
- gripper edge
- gripper margin
- grippers
- gross weight
- guide edge
- guide marks
- guide roller
- guide side
- guillotine
- gumming
- gum streaks
- gutter
- hairline register
- halation
- half binding
- halftone
- halftone negative artwork (screened negative)
- halftone positive artwork (screened positive)
- halftone screen
- handmade finish
- hardbound
- hardcover (casebound, edition binding)
- hard (dot)
- hard-sized
- hard-wood
- head
- headband
- headbox
- head-to-head imposition
- head-to-tail imposition
- head trim
- heat-set inks
- hickeys
- high bulk
- high contrast
- high finish
- high key picture
- highlight halftone
- high-speed printer
- hinges
- hit
- holdout
- hue
- humidity
- hydra pulper
- hydration
- hydrophilic
- hydrophobic
- hygroscopic
- imitation parchment
- imposetter
- impression
- impression cylinder
- imprint
- imprinter
- index
- indicias
- ink absorption
- ink dot scum
- ink drum
- ink fountain
- ink holdout
- inking mechanism
- ink jet printing
- ink receptive
- ink resistance
- in-line
- insert
- intaglio
- intensity
- interleaves (slip sheets)
- invisible ink
- Japanese stab binding
- jog
- joint
- Jordan
- junior carton
- justify
- kerning
- keyline
- key plate
- kiss-cut
- kiss impression
- kiss pressure
- label paper
- laid
- laid dandy roll
- laid lines
- laid paper
- laid wires
- laid writing
- laminated
- lap
- lap register
- last color down
- layout
- layout sheet
- leaders
- length
- letterpress printing
- levelness
- library binding
- lift
- lightfastness
- lignin
- likesidedness
- linear paper
- line copy
- line drawing
- line negative
- linen finish paper
- lining
- lint
- lip
- lithographic image
- lithographic papers
- lithography
- localized watermark
- logo
- longevity
- longfold
- long grain
- long ink
- loose back
- loose register
- low bulk
- low-key picture
- lpi
- M
- machine direction
- machine dried
- machine finish
- magenta
- magenta screen
- makeready
- making order
- margins
- mask
- mechanical (paste-up)
- mechanical pulp
- metallic inks
- middle tones
- mill brand
- moiré
- moisture content
- monochromatic
- monotone
- montage
- mottle
- mullen tester
- m weight
- negative
- neutral pH
- nominal weight
- non-impact printers
- oblong
- offline
- off-press proofs
- offset
- offset lithography (photolithography, offset)
- offset paper
- offset press (sheet fed)
- offset printing
- one-up, two-up, etc.
- onionskin
- online
- opacity
- opaque
- opaque ink
- open end envelope
- optical brightness
- optical whitener
- orange peel
- outline halftone (silhouette halftone)
- out-of-register
- out-of-round rolls
- out-of-square
- overhang cover
- overinked
- overlay
- overpacking
- overpressure
- overprinting
- overrun
- oxidation
- packing
- packing gauge
- padding glue
- page flex
- page makeup
- page proofs
- pages-per-inch (ppi)
- pagination
- pallet
- panchromatic
- Pantone Matching System
- paperbound
- paper machine
- paper master
- paper surface efficiency
- papeterie
- paraded watermark
- parallel fold
- pasted
- paste drier
- paste-up
- PCF
- PCW
- percent tensile
- perfect binding
- perfect casebinding
- perfecting press
- perforate
- perforating rule
- perforation tear strength
- permanence
- photoengraving
- photomechanical
- pH value
- pica
- picking
- pick tester
- PICT
- pigment
- pile feeder
- piling
- pinholes
- pinholing
- pin register
- pixel
- plastic comb binding
- plate
- plate cylinder
- plate finish
- plate flaking
- platen
- platen press (jobber)
- plugged
- PMS® (Pantone Matching System®)
- poor trapping
- porosity
- positive
- post-consumer waste (PCW)
- PostScript
- pre-consumer waste
- preflight
- prepress proof
- prescreen
- presensitized plate
- pre-separated art
- press
- press proof
- press sheet
- pressure-sensitive paper
- primary colors
- printability
- printer
- printing pressure
- print quality
- Process Chlorine-Free (PCF)
- process colors
- process inks
- process plates
- process printing
- progressive color proofs (progs)
- progressive proofs
- proofread
- proofs
- proprietary mill brand
- pull test
- pulp
- pulping
- pulpwood
- quadratone
- quarter tone
- quick-set inks
- rag paper
- rag pulp
- random watermark
- ranslucent papers
- ream
- ream marked
- ream marker
- ream weight
- ream wrapped
- recycled paper
- reducers
- refining
- reflection copy
- register
- register mark
- registration
- relative humidity (RH)
- repeatability
- rerun
- retarders
- reverse
- rewinder
- right-angle fold
- right-read image
- right side of paper
- rigidity
- roll
- roller stripping
- rosin size
- rotary press
- rotogravure
- rub-off (1)
- rub-proof
- rubylith
- rule weight
- runnability
- saddle stitch
- saddle wire binding
- scanner
- scanning
- Schopper’s tester
- score/scoring
- screen
- screen angles
- screened print
- screen foiling
- screen process printing
- screen range
- screen ruling
- screentone
- scuffing
- scumming
- sealed
- seasoning
- secondary fiber
- security ink
- self cover
- semi-chemical pulping
- semi-concealed cover
- sensitivity guide
- separation negative
- serif
- setback
- set-off
- set-up sheet
- sewn book
- sewn-on tapes
- shadow
- sharpen
- sharpness
- shave
- sheet
- sheet delamination
- sheeter
- sheet-fed
- sheeting
- sheetwise
- shell
- Sheridan saddle stitcher-trimmer
- shives
- short-grained paper
- show-through
- shrinkage
- side guide
- sidestitch
- signature
- silhouette
- silk-screen
- silk-screen printing
- silverprint
- size or sizing
- size press
- size tub
- skid
- slack size
- slip-sheeting
- slitter
- slitting
- slur-gauge (The GATF Slur Gauge)
- slurring
- slurry
- smashed or weak blanket
- smashing (nipping, compressing)
- smearing
- smooth finish
- smoothing press
- smoothness
- Smyth sewing
- soda pulp
- softcover
- soft dot
- soft ink
- softwood
- solid
- spacing
- spec’d (specified)
- specialty papers or boards
- specifier
- spectrophotometer
- spectrum
- spine
- spiral binding
- splice
- splice tag
- split fountain
- spot
- spotting out
- spot varnish
- spray powder
- square halftone (square-finish halftone)
- square sheet
- stabilize
- stacker
- stamping
- standards (paper)
- starch
- static electricity
- static neutralizer
- steel engraving
- step-and-repeat
- stepover
- step-up
- stiff
- stiffness
- stitched book
- stitching
- stochastic screening
- stock
- stocking items
- stocking merchant
- stock sizes
- stock weights
- stopping out
- stream feeder
- stretch
- stretch resistance
- strike-in
- strike-through
- string and button envelope
- strip-in
- stripping
- substance weight
- sucker
- suction box
- suction feed
- sulphate
- sulphite
- supercalender
- supercalendering
- surface plate
- surface sized
- surface texture
- surprint
- swatchbook
- T4S
- tabbing
- tack
- tagged image file format (TIFF)
- TCF
- tearing strength
- tear test
- tensile strength
- text paper
- thermography
- thermomechanical pulp
- thickness
- tint
- tinting
- tint plate
- titanium dioxide
- tolerance
- tonal letterpress
- tooth
- top
- top-sizing
- Totally Chlorine-Free (TCF)
- translucency
- transparency
- transparent ink
- trapping
- tree-free fiber
- trim
- trim margin
- trim marks
- trimmed size
- trimmer
- trim size
- tub-sized
- tumble
- twin-wire machine
- two-sheet detector
- two-sidedness
- two-up
- two-up binding
- type face
- unbleached
- uncoated
- undercolor removal
- underrun
- undertrimmed
- uniformity
- unit
- UV
- UV curing
- UV inks
- varnish
- vehicle
- vellum
- vellum paper
- velox
- vignette
- virgin stock
- virkotyping
- viscosity
- walk-off
- warm color
- wash-up
- water ball roller
- water fountain
- water in ink
- waterless plate
- watermark
- water resistance
- waviness
- wavy edges
- web
- web break
- web offset paper
- web press
- web tension
- weight tolerance
- well-closed formation
- well-sized
- wet-end
- wet-end finish
- wet rolls
- wet rub test
- wet strength
- wet-strength
- wet-strength papers
- wetting agent
- whiteness
- white paper
- whitewater
- wholesaler
- winder
- wire
- wire binding
- wire mark
- wire side
- with the grain
- work and tumble
- work and turn
- wove
- wove dandy
- wrinkles
- writing paper
- wrong-read image
- xerography
- Yankee dryer
- yellow
- yellowing
- zig-zag folding
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