English glossary of printing
There are 576 entries in this glossary.C
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Case bind |
A type of binding used in making hard cover books using glue. |
| Case bound |
a hardback book made with stiff outer covers. Cases are usually covered with cloth, vinyl or leather. |
| Cast coated |
art paper with a exceptionally glossy coated finish usually on one side only. |
| Cast off |
a calculation determining how much space copy will take up when typeset. |
