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Offset Press

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Blanket   A fabric placed around the blanket cylinder of the press. It receives the inked image from the plate cylinder.  
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Blanket cylinder   A cylinder of the press which holds the blanket.  
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Bleed   Any printed material which runs off the edge of the page.  
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Chain delivery   Positive control of each sheet as it is placed in delivery position  
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Color separation   Separating artwork of colored prints or transparencies into three or four process colors  
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Continuous tone copy   A full range of tones from white to black. A black and white photograph is one example.  
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Crop marks   Marks placed on the image (photograph or illustration) telling the printer what portion is to be printed.  
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Cylinders   Drum found on the press to support the plate, blanket and the printing stock white it is being printed.  
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Dampeners   Rollers distribute moisture to the plate  
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Dampening solution   Solution which keeps the non-image area of the plate clean  
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Densitometer   An instrument that measures densities of film  
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Density   A very dense area will not allow light to pass through or reflect light from it, while a light area will allow more light to through or reflect from its surface.  
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Developer   A chemical solution which creates an image on a piece of film after the film is exposed to the light.  
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Developing   Preparing the image carrier (printing plate)  
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Distributor roller   Rollers between the fountain roller and the form roller.  
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Dots   Small to large clear areas in a negative or positive made by contact screen.  
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Ductor roller   In the offset inking system, a roller which alernatelv contacts the fountain roller and a distribution roller.  
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Dummy   As it will appear after printing ; a sample specification.  
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Duplicator   A small printing machine  
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Feeder   A section of the press which delivers a sheet to be printed.  
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Flat   A material which supports the film negative or positive  
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Form rollers   Ink roller which re-inks the plate  
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Fountain solution   Water-acid mixture which covers the non image area while printing.  
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Gripper   Devices on the impression cylinder which holds the sheet while its being printed  
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Gripper edge   The leading edge or first part of a sheet to go through the press.  
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Gum   Liquid placed on the surface of the image carrier to protect it when its not being ran.  
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Halftone   A photograph broken up into a variety of dot sizes which gives a graduation of tones.  
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Impression   Placing an image on stock, such as paper.  
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Impression Cylinder   Holds and presses the sheet against the blanket cylinder of the press  
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INK   The material, which comes in many colors, that adheres to the image area of the press.  
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Ink fountain   ink supply area on the press.  
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Ink rollers   Supply ink to the image area of the image carrier.  
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Lithography   Printing from a flat surface; based on the principle that oil and water do not mix.  
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Masking sheets   Stock which will filter out ultraviolet rays to which negatives and positives are attached  
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Masking tape   A light blocking tape used to attach negatives or positives to the masking sheet.  
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Offset lithography   Printing from a flat surface using the transfer image process; based on the principle that water and oil do not mix.  
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Opaquing   Painting out an area so that light cannot pass through.  
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Padding   Gluing one edge of stacked sheets together, used for making scratch pads.  
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Plateband   Space needed to attach the plate to the cylinder.  
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Press   The unit which prints a printed product.  
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Proof   A copy of the final material which is checked against the original.  
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Register   Accurate positioning of material so that it will line up with another.  
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Register marks   Symbols used to line up one image with another.  
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Register pins   Pins which hold the plate flat in exact position while burning plate  
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Signature   Large sheet of paper, containing several pages, folded down to size of single page.  
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