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 free-standing inserts.

Q

Quick printing:

Printing using small sheetfed presses, called duplicators, using cut sizes of bond and offset paper.

R

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.

S

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 see-through of printing from the other side. Increased opacity of paper reduces this problem.

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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