GLOSSARY
Printability:
The ability of paper to be reproduced with high quality printing.
Publishing paper:
Paper made in weights, colors, and surfaced suited to books, magazines, catalogs and
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Quick printing:
Printing using small sheetfed presses, called duplicators, using cut sizes of bond and offset paper.
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Ream:
500 sheets of paper.
Recycled paper:
Paper manufactured from used paper pulp.
Resolution:
Sharpness of an image on film, paper, computer screen, disc, tape, or other medium.
Runability:
The capacity of a paper to perform on the press without difficulties.
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Saddle stitch:
The method of binding pamphlets or small books with staples.
Satin finish:
A finish on paper that is smooth like satin. It is an alternate term for dull finish on coated paper.
Score:
An indentation made in paper or cover stock to make folding easier. Also called crease.
Shade:
Hue made darker by the addition of black, as compared to tint.
Shadows:
Darkest areas of a photograph or illustration, as compared to midtones and highlights.
Short grain:
Paper with the fibers paralleling the shortest side of the sheet
Show through:
When paper allows the
Side stitch:
To bind by stapling through sheets along one edge, as compared to saddle stitch.
Signature:
A section of a book that contains 4, 8, 16, 32, etc., pages (depending on the size of the paper and press) that fold into one unit after printing.
Size:
Compound mixed with paper or fabric to make it stiffer and less able to absorb moisture.
Skid:
A wooden form on which a large quality of paper or printed matter is shipped.
Smooth finish:
A finish on paper that has been made smooth by passing through various rollers.
Stock:
Another name for the paper on which printing will be done.
Stocking papers:
Popular sizes, weights and colors of papers available for prompt delivery from a merchant’s warehouse.
Substance weight:
Another word for basis weight.
Substrate:
Any surface or material on which printing is done.
Supercalendered paper:
Paper calendered using alternating chrome and fiber rollers to produce a smooth, thin sheet. Abbreviation: SC paper.
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