Photographic print made by exposing a negative in direct uniform contact with paper.

Alternate term for Proof sheet.

All photographs and those illustrations having a range of shades.

A color proof that represents an agreement between the printer and the client regarding exactly how the printed product will appear.

Range of gradations in tones between lightest white and darkest black in continuous-tone copy or the abrupt change between light and dark in line copy.

Business that combines printed sheets with other materials to make boxes, displays, etc.

For an editor or typesetter, all written material. For a graphic designer or printer, everything that will be printed: art, photographs, and graphics as well as words.

In typesetting, marking up manuscript and specifying type. In pasteup and printing, making mechanicals and writing instructions to ensure proper placement and handling of copy.

Part of a process camera that holds copy in position to be photographed.

Ownership of creative work by the writer, photographer, or artist who made it.

Person who writes copy for advertising.

Lines on a mechanical, negative, plate, or press sheet showing the corners of a page or finished piece.

Characteristic of board for boxes made by sandwiching fluted kraft paper between sheets of paper or cardboard.

Paper made from cotton fibers rather than wood pulp.

Grade of paper made for covers and post cards.

Letterpress printing on carbon or carbonless forms so image prints simultaneously on all sheets in the set.

Phenomenon of middle pages of a folded signature extending slightly beyond outside pages.

DuPont trade name for integral color proof.

To eliminate portions of an illustration or photograph so the remainder is more clear, interesting, or able to fit the layout.

Lines near the edges of an image showing portions to be eliminated