English glossary of printing
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bullet |
a large dot preceding text to add emphasis. |
| Burn |
Exposing a printing plate to high intensity light or placing an image on a printing plate by light. |
| Butt |
Joining images without overlapping. |
| Butt fit |
Printed colors that overlap one row of dots so they appear to butt. |
| Calendered finish |
produced by passing paper through a series of metal rollers to give a very smooth surface. |
| Caliper |
the thickness of sheet of paper or board expressed in microns (millionths of a metre). Also the name of the tool used to make the measurement. |
| Camera Ready |
Reflective artwork that needs to be shot with a copy camera to transfer to negative film. |
| Camera ready |
artwork or pasted up material that is ready for reproduction. Cap line - an imaginary line across the top of capital letters. The distance from the the cap line to the baseline is the cap size. |
| Caps |
an abbreviation for capital letters. |
| Caps and small caps |
a style of type that shows capital letters used in the normal way while the body copy is set in capital letters which are of a slightly smaller size. |
| Caption |
the line or lines of text that refer to information identifying a picture or illustration. |
| Carbonless |
paper coated with chemicals and dye which will produce copies without carbon paper. Also referred to as NCR (No Carbon Required). |
| Caret marks |
an indication to the printer of an ommission in the copy indicated as ( ) showing the insertion. |
| Carload |
A truck load of paper weighing 40000 pounds. |
| Cartridge |
a thick general purpose paper used for printing, drawing and wrapping. |
