The Life of Schmitt 289

A term used to describe printed books, catalogues, etc., that are bound on their shorter side; also referred to as album bound. When the basis weight of paper differs from the actual weight, the term nominal weight is used. A term to describe papers that have a colour similar to that of wood; also called cream, off-white or ivory. A specific test of tensile paper strength, an important factor if web presses are used for printing. An undesirable halftone pattern produced by the incorrect angles of overprinting halftone screens.
Attaching the final sheet of a signature of a book to the binding. The qualities of paper to stabilise its original size when undergoing pressure or exposed to moisture. An intaglio process roll up banner Dandenong for printing from images engraved into copper or steel plates. The etching or removal of any unwanted areas of a plate to create more air or white space on the finished product.

Refers to any typewritten material, art, photos, etc., to be used for the printing process. The degree of tonal separation or gradation in the range from black to white. A halftone screen made on film of graded density, and used in a vacuum contact with the film. Black step-marks printed on the back of folded sheets, to facilitate collating and checking of the sequence of book signatures.
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Also referred to as black patch; a piece of masking material which is used in layout to mask an area leaving a window into which another element can be stripped. Various methods of securing folded sections of paper together and fastening them to a cover to form a book. A term used to describe the aesthetic or harmony of elements on a page, whether they are photos, art or copy, within a layout or design.
Terms to describe the occurrence whereby dots are printing larger than they should. In the printing process, the rubber coated rollers responsible for the distribution of ink from the fountain to the ink drum. A colour separation process using a halftone negative made by direct contact with the halftone screen. Sharp edged device, usually made of steel, to cut paper, cardboard, etc., on a printing press. A term to describe that period of the printing process where the non-image areas can take on ink or debris. A colour printing process utilising pigmented gelatin coatings on paper, which become the resist for etching gravure plates or cylinders.
They are usually printed on self adhesive vinyl or metallic material. A plate onto which is applied a light sensitive coating; usually the first step in platemaking. Cylinder printing machine in which the paper is fed from a continuous reel, as opposed to sheet fed. A term used to describe how many similar sheets can be produced on a larger sheet; two up, four up, etc. Originally, the removal of the photographic emulsion with its image from individual negatives and combining them in position on a glass plate.

To raise in relief a design or letters already printed on card stock or heavy paper by an uninked block or die. In rubber and plastic plate making the process is usually done by heat. A method used by ink makers to determine the colour, quality and tone of ink. It entails the drawing of a spatula over a drop of ink, spreading it flat over the paper. Darkening of halftone image due to ink absorption in paper causing halftone dots to enlarge.
A term used to describe the quality of print on paper where the absorption of the paper is so great that it breaks up the ink imag