C1S and C2S – Printing Terms Glossary

Acronyms for Coated One Side as well as Coated Two Sides paper stock. There is a cover stock with a glossy finish on one side and uncoated on the other, commonly between 8pt (. 008″) and 18pt (. 018″) in thickness.

 

80# Gloss Text – Printing Terms Glossary

Standard glossy paper stock, which is as thick as a light magazine cover. The shiny finish renders an excellent opaque base for rich process color printing. For: Brochures, Flyers, Catalog Inserts, Posters, etc. Our stock is most popular.

 

Variable Data Printing – Printing Terms Glossary

A form of on-demand printing in which elements (like text, graphics, photographs, etc.) Can be changed from one printed piece to the next, without stopping or slowing the press, utilizing information from a database. Such as a set of personalized letters, each with the similar basic layout can be printed with a different name as well as address on each letter.

Offset printing – Printing Terms Glossary

The printing method that is most commonly used, where the printed material does not receive the ink directly from a printing plate but from an intermediary blanket, which receives the ink from the plate and then transfers it to the paper.