Dictionary of printing words

  
Additional DTP - Additional cost from the original price of the work, costs incurred due to intrusion into files.


 Bending - Mechanical deformation of substrates for its subsequent folding; it is recommended for carriers with weights from 150 gr / sqm.
Bindery / Link - Collecting printed sheets by stitching (stitching) with wire, thread, adhesive or other methods to form a book.
Black and white print / color - Print on paper or cardboard on color laser printer.
Bleed (cutting edges)

CMYK - Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow, black - the four basic colors Polychrome
Coated paper - Paper coated with chalk and other substances that, together, improves reflectivity and ink adhesion.
Code Pantone - Color System with over 1,200 corporate colors Pantone Inc. created.
Cold or hot foil - Apply a layer up to 34 micron matte or glossy transparencies, on one or both sides of the product.
Color separation - Process technology (computer) to separate (divide) the continuous tone color images into four negative semitone.
Composite Black - Black color obtained by printing all four CMYK components.Also known by Rich Black.
CTF (computer-to-video) - The method by which the computer file is translated into a photographic film. This video is used to make conventional printing plate image in a frame copied.
CTP (computer-to-flat) - Technology used in the process of printing an image within which an application created in DTP (desktop publishing) is displayed directly on a printing plate by laser.CTP site presents several advantages over conventional method of plate exposure. In CTP, the entire process of image transfer from film printing plate is removed from the printing process, thus increasing image sharpness and detail.


Deadline specifications – Date when the technical information on which to run the product ordered is sent by the client. Failure to surrender its specifications can influence the product delivery date.
Decomposition color printing films - Material prepared in the computer breaks down into four basic colors of printing (CMYK) using a specialized piece of equipment called image-setter and printing lists movies. Movies are printing transparencies appearance (similar to those used for overhead) and made one for each base color (CMYK) and one for each special color, where appropriate.
Delivery - The date on which the final product ordered will be delivered. It depends directly on the date that we receive complete specifications from the customer.
Design - all the information (version) including text, images, photos to be printed
Die Cutting - Cutting to the desired shape of material, using molds and punching machines.
Digital printing - Full color printing on special paper, matte (up to 190g/mp) using computerized printing technology. It is used in small print runs, costs are high.
Digital Proof - Sheet printed by digital method (printers and special papers) to detect prior to actual printing defects or gaps of information. "Predict" the outcome of printing a printing works offer a viewpoint close image video of the finished product.
Direct special colors - Colors defined by Pantone color codes.
Documentation of execution - All technical information (all PDF files) for the work to be performed under the technical requirements imposed by the supplier.
Drilling - Implementation of perforations in a straight line at small distances some consulates to facilitate the detachment of a block consisting of formats.
DTP - Abbreviation of desktop publishing. Technique is to use a computer to "build" design images and pages, to combine text and graphics in order to playback via an imagesetter all created on paper, film or printing plate.

Embossing - Applying a logo or text embossed on paper, thin cardboard or PVC.
End paper - Sheet of paper or cardboard bound book that is glued to the back of the cover and title page of book block.

Finishing - Bringing the product to the finite form by different processing methods (cutting, Folding, folding, laminating, etc..) Printing industry with specific machines.
Folding - Bending sheets in different modes (single, double parallel, cross, harmonica), following a certain order of succession of girls. Are recommended for carriers with weights ranging from 40 g / m² and 170 gr / sqm.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - Metoda standard de transfer a fisierelor utilizand o conexiune internet. FTP permite transferarea fisierelor intre diferite calculatoare cu pastrarea datelor.

HDC - Abbreviation of double-coated paper (both sides).
Hot printing - hot foil application on a support.


Imprimatur - 1. Consent given by the client or the person responsible for quality printing on the printed product quality, 2. A draft copy of which meet all quality standards required.

Laminating - The operation of gluing two sheets, cardboard or paper or cardboard on cardboard, applying adhesive unprinted face. Laminating can be single or double and can be done manually or mechanically.
Layout - Sample demonstration of the original position of printed work (direction, instructions) desired.
Lacquering - Process for finishing a transparent varnish is applied to obtain a printed sheet glossy.

Negative - The images on film that make black and white areas to be black to be white.

Offset Lake - Lake gives improved image appearance.
Offset paper - is the most absorbent support printing. On it you can print images in polychrome and special colors. The book is recommended for indoors, brochures, etc.In Generally lacuieste not support. Using weights exceeding 150 g / m² can obtain images in excellent technical condition.
Offset press - offset printing plates using media of paper, cardboard, stickers. Printing operation involves the following steps to be done in printing: Printing and assembly done on film, photography offset mounting plates, mounting plate and adjust the offset printing machine, journeyman itself.
Overprint - overprint a background color to another color - mainly used for printing black text.
Quire - Term used to refer to printed copy enclosed sheet length and width when printing on cardboard or sheet and that the width of paper roll and cut-off if your groove on rotary printing. A quire is: 32 A5 pages, 16 pages A4, 8 page A3 (tabloid), 4 pages A2 (broadsheet).


Plotting - cutting plotter support (machine programmed by computer) of any type of format (eg cut letters and figures for banners).
PMS - refer to the Pantone colors (Pantone Matching System).
Polychrome - Printing performed using all the colors (color printing).
Prepress - Term used in printing or publishing industry to define processes and procedures that are used when receiving text and exposure to the plate to be mounted in the printing machine.
Printing - The process of transfer paper or another substrate an image from the original media such as film negative or positive, electronic memory, stencil or plate.
Printing plate - piece of metal, plastic, paper or rubber with a surface bearing an image of printed reproduction.

RGB (Red, Green, Blue) - Primary Colours also called additive colors used by monitors. The combination and intensity of these colors can reproduce the entire spectrum.
RIP (Raster Image Processor) - Method of printing from PostScript files created by the DTP.Hardware and software conversion of data stored in the computer producing a series of dots and lines that are exposed on film or printing plates.

Scan - photo image processing on the support or on the slide in the computer, using scanners, the size and desired resolution.
Scratching – method of applying stickers in order to be removed in some form.
Screen Printing - less conventional printing process on any flat surface or radius of bigger curvature. The process consists of applying the material you print a layer of ink through a sieve.Image made by screen printing consists of a number of points which is given by the number of meshes of the sieve that is made mask.
Selective UV coating - Liquid laminate applied and cured with ultraviolet light.
Sheeting process - Applying for a school paper or a sheet of cardboard, plastic, transparent and thick (70 to 250 microns) by hot pressing in order to protect and to achieve a glossy or matte finish. It can be made for up to A3 size.
Special color printing - Gold (golden bronze), silver (bronze and silver).
Speeches on file - in pre print, original design changes made by the provider - required or accepted by the client (often for a fee).
Spot Color - A printing ink applied to certain portions of a printed sheet.
Stapling - binding method in which sheets are bent in the middle attached to the outside to inside with metal staples. Usually, such a beam does not contain more than 96 pages.
Stitching - Assemble pages and / or covers together. Can be made by combining one or more of the following procedures: stitching, gluing, sewing, etc.
Superfluous - Blank or finished product made in addition to circulation to offset further losses from digital production process.

Term of execution - the time necessary for the performance of a product based on customer specifications data (files, models, proof materials, etc.). Lead time may differ from delivery.