AA's
Author's alterations
Art work
Illustrative materials, digital files
Author
Printing Services definition is the person who requests the job, regardless of who
originated the piece
Backbone
The back of a bound book connecting the two covers, also called spine
Backed up
Printing the reverse side of a sheet already printed on one side
Blowup
Enlargement of the original document or photo.
Booger glue
specialized rubber type glue used to hold loose sheets of items unto another object
but allows you to peel it off later.
Body type
The type that is used for the main part or text of a printed piece
CC's
customer corrections
Comb binding
Hole punching the pages and cover of a book to be held together with a plastic comb
style binder.
Copy
All material to be included in a printed work
Crop
Reduce in size by removing part of an image (mark area to be cropped - DO NOT CUT
ORIGINAL)
Display type
Larger than body type, for titles and headings
Dummy
A preliminary layout showing the position of illustrations and text as they are to
appear in the final reproduction
Epson proof
A full color proof
Flush (left/right)
Typeset copy vertically aligned at the left or right margin
Font
The complete set of characters in a type style
Format
The appearance of a printed work (type style, layout, margins, size, etc.)
Four (4) color process printing - (CMYK)
Using four colors of ink, cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow and black with specific
dot pattern and screen angles to reproduce full color on printed project.
Halftone
A photograph that has been modified into a dot pattern for printing
Justify
Space out lines of type so that both left and right margins are flush
Kerning
Widening or narrowing spaces between typeset characters
Layout
The drawing or sketch of a proposed printed piece
Leading
Extra spacing between lines of typeset copy (Printers used to use lead strips for
spacers.)
Line copy/Line work
Any copy which contains only solid black and white, without halftones
Make ready
All operations required to prepare the finished copy for printing
Padding
adding a compound to the edge of a stack of paper to make scratch pads.
Perfect bind
A wrap around, glued paper book cover
Pica
Unit of measurement used principally in measuring lines. One pica equals approximately
1/6 inch
Point
Basic unit of type measurement. One point equals 1/12 pica and approximately 1/72
inch
Proof
A black and white or color representation of your project to show color, layout of
artwork and copy. Also see blue-line proof.
Blue-line proof
A proof from a negative used to check layout and position
Ragged (left/right)
Unjustified copy
Register
To position two or more images so they are precisely superimposed
Reverse
Make white areas black, and black areas white
Running head
A title repeated on each page
Saddle stitch
Bind by stapling folded sheets through the fold
Separations
Print out of each individual color used to run a specific project. used in multi color
and 4 color process printing. can be paper, film or printing plate.
Side stitch
Bind by stapling sheets on the side near the backbone (spine)
Signature
A set of folded pages that once collated together with other signatures make a book
Spine
See backbone
Spiral binding
Book binding with plastic or wire inserted through holes punched along the binding
side
Stock
Material to be printed on
Text
The body of a page or book, as distinguished from the heading
Thermal tape bind
A process to bind pages of a book and the cover together using a special glue strip
heated in a cover clamp.
Widow
A single word in a line by itself, ending a paragraph