
Looseleaf binding | A binding method that includes drilling holes into a paper’s edge to be |
| easily inserted into binders. |
lpi | Short for lines per inch. See screen frequency. |
LUT | Short for lookup table. |
Makeready | All work required to set up a press for printing. This can include loading |
| plates, paper, ink or toner, as well as adjustments to the press. Very |
| little required in digital printing. |
Mechanical binding | Wire or plastic binding inserted into holes that are drilled or cut along |
| one gutter edge of a paper. |
Media | A digital printing or xerographic term used to refer to all types of paper, |
| transparencies, and other printable materials. Also called substrate or |
| stock. |
Merge | Insertion of text or graphic elements into a printed document from a |
| database or other external file. |
Metamerism | The tendency of colour to change with the light source in which it is |
| viewed. |
Midtone | The range of tones in an image or photograph that are approximately |
| midway between the highlights and shadows. |
Misregistration | Paper stretch, plate stretch, or misaligned plates can cause |
| jobs to print out of register, resulting in slight gaps between |
| overlapping colours. |
Moiré | An undesirable pattern caused by improperly aligned halftone screens in |
| process colour printing. |
Mottle | A spotty or uneven appearance on prints, mostly in solid areas. |
| A finishing device, such as a folder or stitcher, that is located away |
| from a printer or press. Paper must be moved manually from the printer |
| into the finishing device. |
Offset printing | A traditional printing process where ink is transferred from the plate to |
| a blanket to the paper. |
Offsetting | In offset printing, the ink from one printed page does not dry properly |
| and rubs off onto the next page. |
| In digital printing, dry ink sticks to the photoreceptor belt or fuser roll |
| and is transferred to the next sheet. |
On demand printing | Refers to printing where the printed documents can be printed and |
| delivered where and when required. |
Opacity | The degree to which paper will allow images and text printed on side to |
| |
OPI | Short for Open Prepress Interface. An extension to PostScript which |
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