A measurement, which equal the number of dots or lines per inch on a halftone screen.

The system where a color image is classified into different color values (magenta, cyan, black and yellow or CMYK) by the use of filters and screens or digitally with a software program and then transferred to printing plates as well as printed on a printing press, reproducing the original color image.

In a multi-page document, the numbering of individual pages.

Paper that is used in the press set-up process before the printing run actually begins. Or the process of establishing press or bindery equipment to produce a specific product, including setting paper size, image alignment, fold sizes, ink density, etc., In preparation for the actual production run.

A coarse unbleached paper which is used for printing and also for industrial products.

A sheet of film or glass which contain ruled right-angled lines, used to translate the full tone of a photo to the halftone dot image required for printing.

A printing method that uses flexible plates where the image to be published is higher than the non-printing areas. The inked fields are then contacted the material to be printed and transferring the ink from the raised areas to the material. Fast drying inks are normally used in this process. Common purposes are the printing of cans and bottles as well as other non-flat items.

The process of averaging between pixels of unlike colors. This results in a smoother, blended transition between the edge of two areas rather than a jagged and ‘stair-step’ appearance. Also a method used in ink jet printers where colors are made by mixing colored dots in a randomized pattern.

An elongated, narrow typeface.

Graphic images, designs, as well as artwork in digital form that can be used in a digital document.