High-contrast drawings printed on white, glossy paper and made to be cut out and pasted to a mechanical.

Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and black process colors or inks.

Screen with ruling of less than 133 lines per inch.

Paper with a coating of clay that improves ink holdout.

To assemble sheets into proper sequence.

Ad agency term for printed pieces, such as brochures and annual reports, that are not directly involved in advertising.

Method of printing continuous tones using a plate coated with gelatin.

Strip of colors printed near the edge of a press sheet to help evaluate ink density.

In multicolor printing, the point or line at which one ink color stops and another begins.

A film test printed or exposed onto a film or substrate to produce an assortment of measurable color and gray patches that are used to measure and control the printing process.

To retouch or enhance color separation negatives.

3M trade name for overlay color proof.

System of numbered ink swatches that facilitates communication about color.

Alternate term for 4-color process printing.

Set of four halftone negatives for making plates for 4-color process printing.

Business making separation negatives for 4-color process printing.

Sample of an ink color.

To bind by inserting teeth of a flexible plastic comb through holes in a stack of paper.