English glossary of printing
There are 576 entries in this glossary.M
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| M (Megabyte) |
one million bytes. |
| Machine glazed (MG) |
paper with a high gloss finish on one side only. |
| Macro |
a series of instructions which would normally be issued one at a time on the keyboard to control a program. A macro facility allows them to be stored and issued automatically by a single keystroke. |
| Magenta |
Process red, one of the basic colors in process color. |
| Magnetic ink |
a magnetized ink that can be read both by humans and by electronic machines. Used in cheque printing. |
| Make-up |
the assembling of all elements, to form the printed image. |
| Makeready |
All the activities required to prepare a press for printing. |
| Making ready |
the time spent in making ready the level of the printing surface by packing out under the forme or around the impression cylinder. |
| Manilla |
A tough brown paper used to produce stationery and wrapping paper. |
| Manuscript (MS) |
the original written or typewritten work of an author submitted for publication. |
| Marginal words |
Call outs for directions on various parts of a business form. |
| Margins |
the non printing areas of page. |
| Mark up |
copy prepared for a compositor setting out in detail all the typesetting instructions. |
| Mask |
opaque material or masking tape used to block-off an area of the artwork. |
| Masthead |
details of publisher and editorial staff usually printed on the contents page. |
