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graphics
Term | Definition |
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process colors | cyan, magenta, yellow, black |
planography | prints on flat surface |
scoring | helps to fold heavy stock |
gathering | placing paper in proper order |
die cutting | cuts paper into a design pattern |
computer-to-plate | is not a major printing process |
forms printing | prints repair manuals and parts lists |
stationery printing | litho printing |
embossing | raising an image on paper |
impactless | ink-jet printing |
photoconversion | involves color separations |
line art | drawn by hand or hand drawn on a computer |
trimmin | not a finishing in bindery operations |
scanner | changes an image to digital form |
letterpress printing | relief printing |
trimming | cutting paper to create even edges |
image making | placing an image on a plate |
waterless printing | lithography |
flexography | relief image application |
offset lithography | applies pressure to the substrate |
porous printing | stencil process |
gravure process | long press run application |
nip point | two cylinder meet or come close |
90 dba | maximum sound decibel reading per day |
fountain solutions and plate cleaners | organic solutions |
vacuum | dust remover |
paper | common waste and dust in the printing industry |
metal container | storage for soaked rags |
skin, inhalation, ingestion | ways chemical enters the body |
plate cleaners, film cleaners | common organic solvents |
medical/health hazards | MSDS information |
brochures, direct mail pieces | digital printing |
paper, solvents, paper dust | fire hazards |
30 psi | allowable pressure |
17"x22" | basic size (bond paper) |
alkalinity | not a monitor specification |
posters | ISO B-series |
mile | US Standard measurement |
ISO-C | envelope compatible with ISO-A paper |
aluminum, iron, silver | non combustible |
letterspacing | distance between lines of type |
stem | verticle part of type |
stroke | thickness of type |