One of seven major categories of paper: bond, uncoated book, coated book, text, cover, board, and specialty.

In paper, the direction in which fibers are aligned. in photography, crystals that make up emulsion on film.

Paper whose fibers parallel the long or short dimension of the sheet.

The crafts, industries, and professions related to designing and printing messages.

Film whose emulsion responds to light on an all-or-nothing principle to yield high contrast images.

Lens, mounted in a small stand, used to inspect copy, negatives, and printing.

Professional who conceives of the design for, plans how to produce, and may coordinate production of a printed piece.

Art and other visual elements used to make messages more clear.

Method of printing using etched metal cylinders, usually on web presses.

Strip of swatches of tone values ranging from white to black used by process camera operators to calibrate exposure times.

Edge of a sheet held by the grippers, thus going first through a sheetfed press.

Newsprint and other inexpensive papers made from pulp created by grinding wood mechanically.