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.

An option for rack cards, business cards and bookmarks. This bright white smooth #1 grade cover stock is 14pt in thickness as well as matches the 70# text-weight stock we use for letterhead and envelopes.

Abbreviation of volatile organic material. Petroleum based chemicals applied in some printing inks and coatings whose high vapor pressure allows easy evaporation into the air.

A machine procedure, which produces a very smooth paper surface that is exceptional for printing.

By stapling the pages on the folded spine, the binding of booklets or other published materials by stapling the pages on the folded spine.