Artist whose work is planned for reproduction by printing.

Color printing in which misregister allowable is within + or one row of dots.

Short for Comprehensive dummy.

Graphic arts negative made by combining two or more images.

Proof of color separations in position with graphics and type.

A detailed dummy or sketch of a design, intended to give a client or the printer a clear sense of how the finished publication will or should look when reproduced. Desktop publishing systems can easily create comps using low-resolution black and white or color printers. Every job submitted for printing must be accompanied with a […]

Alternate term for photographer’s Delivery memo.

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.