Hairline
Very thin line or gap about the width of a hair: 1/100 inch.
Very thin line or gap about the width of a hair: 1/100 inch.
Web press whose width and cutoff allow printing eight 8 1/2 x 11 pages on one press sheet.
To photograph continuous-tones through a screen to convert the image into dots. The result is also called a halftone and may be either positive or negative and on film or paper.
Dots that by their varying sizes create the illusion of shading or a continuous-tone image.
Piece of film containing a grid of lines that breaks light into dots as it passes through.
Alternate term for Case bind.
Bound with a case of binder’s board.
Adjustable posts on register unit of a press that properly position leading edge of a sheet.
Web press equipped with oven to make ink dry faster, thus able to print coated paper.
Donut-shaped spot or imperfection in printing, most visible in areas of heavy ink coverage.
Few or no tonal gradations between dark and light areas.
Paper made relatively thick in proportion to its basis weight.
The lightest areas in a photograph or halftone.
Charge made to clients who keep photograph longer than agreed to.
Alternate term for Ink holdout.
General-use paper ordered in large quantities and kept in stock by a printer.
Alternate term for Fixer.