Question | Answer |
A series | Based on square metre |
SRA series | Bigger than A series to accommodate print marks |
B series | sizes in between A series - B3 = A2/A3 |
A4 measurement | 297mm x 210mm |
SRA1 measurements | 900mm x 640mm |
B1 measurements | 1000mm x 707mm |
C4 measurements | 324mm x 229mm |
DL measurements | 110mm x 220mm |
SS | Same Size 100% size |
100% 200% size | 300, 600 dpi |
spot colour | tin of premixed ink |
Reg Marks | make sure colour is printed in right place |
over printing | printing on top of colour |
knock out | colours side by side |
trapping | colour overlap, hides if reg is off |
Imposition | arrangements of pages on printing plate |
printer pairs | add up to one number higher than pages on sheet |
section | folded big sheet down to book pages |
Gathering the section | collecting section in right order |
Coagulation | marks, letters on section to put the sections in order |
Saddle stitch | through the centre of book, open flat |
side stitch | Down the side of the sections for thicker books |
perfect binding | individual sheets glued to spine |
Leading | Distance between baselines |
Xheight | height of lower case with no ascenders or descenders |
Ascenders | section of a lower case letter raising above x height |
descenders | part of lower case letter that falls below x-height |
set solid | type without leading or point size is equal to leading |
kerning | altering the letterspacing between certain letters |
web feed | continuous roll of stock newspapers |
sheet feed | singular sheets feed to printer |
Flexography | flexible relief plate made usually of rubber used or food packages |
sizing | chemical in paper pulp, joins fibre and makes less absorbent |
blind emboss | impression without ink or foil |
emboss | raised and receding surface |
half tone | image is divided in to dots |
pantone | colour matching system used internationality |
thermography | glossy raised image using infrared light with resin |
magazine | assortment of info brought together |
ornaments | used for decorative purpose windings ding bat |
Binding | Image areas print very weakly despite looking strong on the plate |
Broken Images | Parts of the image are not printing or there are fingerprints on the plate |
Dot Grain | Colours appear stronger on printing |
Ghosting | Weak ink on certain areas |
Halation | Copy appears enlarged at the edges; shadows on the type or the dot spreads |
Hickies | Small areas of unwanted solid colour surrounded by a halo |
Picking | Fibres of paper lifting, leaving white specks |
Plugging | Dirty printed image, with dots filling in |
Scumming | Ink printing on the non-image areas |
Slur | Image appears to have skidded |
Tracking | Consistent altering of letters on line or block |
foil blocking | foil is stamped into stock - bookcover title |