A process of proof-making whereby the color separations are separately exposed to light sensitive film. Then this film is set in registration with a piece of white paper in the background.

The original weight of 1000 sheets of any given size of paper.

Adjusting the spacing or hyphenation of words as well as characters to fill a given line of text from end to end. Sometimes mentioned to as word spacing.

The side of a piece of paper held by the gripper fingers as it goes through a printing press. Nothing can be published in this area.

The smoother side of a sheet in the paper. The rough side of the paper is The wire side. The difference happens in the papermaking process. The differences are terminated when papers are gloss or matte coated.

Producing materials to be printed using a personal computer, as opposed to taking non-electronic documents to a commercial printing company to be prepared for printing.

The order in which procedure inks are printed on a printing press. Also known as the color rotation or lay down sequence.

A paper that is coated and then force dried using a polished roller, which imparts enamel like hard gloss finish.

A business or department within a printing company, which does the cutting, collating, folding, drilling and other finishing operations used for printing projects.

As a “cover” stock, this paper is stiff, such as a baseball card or postcard. This stock is coated with a glossy finish, preparing photographs and other images look beautiful. Standard uses: durable, Catalog Covers, heavy-weight Brochures, Product Spec Sheets.