Against the Grain – Printing Terms Glossary

Running a sheet of paper through a printing press at right angles to the grain direction of the paper, while opposed to with the grain. This is normally suboptimal for both press operations as well as registration of the 4 color process inks and sometimes called cross grain.

 

Widow – Printing Terms Glossary

A single word or two left at the end of a paragraph, or a part of a sentence terminating a paragraph that loops over to the next page and stands alone. And the last sentence of a paragraph as well, which contains only one or two short words.

 

Trapping – Printing Terms Glossary

The overlapping of one color over a unlike, adjacent color to ensure that no white space is visible where the two colors meet, particularly when there are little variations in the registration of the two colors during the printing process. Or the procedure of printing wet ink over wet or dry previously printed ink.