press proof
The last proof for correction before sending to press.
Industrial printing
388 entries in this trade.
pressfeeder
A person employed to feed material into a printing press.
princeps
The editio princeps, or first edition of a book.
printer
The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
printer's ream
Twenty-one and a half quires of paper, i.e. 516 sheets.
printer-friendly
adjectiveIndustrial printing
Of a document or layout, suitable for printing, without any extraneous formatting, images, etc.
printing paper
Any type of paper designed for use in printing processes, excluding newsprint.
process color
A printing process which uses four specific colored inks: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK), and halftone printing plates, to reproduce a range of colors.
proof
A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
proof sheet
A page of proofed text; a sheet used to make corrections, emendations, etc. before being printed for use.
prove
To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
put down
To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
put up
To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
quadragesimo-octavo
A book size, (2.5"-3.1" x 2.5"-3.3"), corresponding to the paper size.
quarto
A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
quoin
A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
quoin up
To set quoins in place prior to fastening them (locking up).
R2R
Abbreviation of roll-to-roll processing.
reamage
An amount of paper measured in reams.
recto
The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
register
The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
reglet
A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title pages and other open matter.
reiteration
The form that backs or perfects paper already printed on one side.
repro
The proof prepared in offset printing, with all elements positioned on the page.
reverse intaglio
A design impressed into the back of transparent or translucent items.
reverse out
To print with reversed colours, i.e. black for white and vice versa.
reverso
Any of the left-hand pages of a book.
revise
A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
ride
A fault caused by the overlapping of leads, etc.
rise
To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
Roman
A single letter or character in Roman type.
rounce
The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
royal
A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
ruby
The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
rule
A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
run in
To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
run on
To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
run upon sorts
To use or require a greater number of some particular letters or symbols than the regular proportion, as, for example, when making an index.
runaround
A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration.
runover
A line of text that overruns the available space, either breaking to a new line within the column or violating the margin.
Saxon
A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
scabby
adjectiveIndustrial printing
Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
screen
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
screen print
A print produced by screen printing.
screen-print
To apply ink or another material onto a surface through a prepared screen, in order to create a picture, design, or pattern.
screen-printed
adjectiveIndustrial printing
That has been designed or produced using a screen printing process.
screenless
adjectiveIndustrial printing
That does not involve a screen; see screen printing.
scumming
The accumulation of sticky ink on a plate.
set off
To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry.
set out
To arrange the necessary type into a printing press in preparation to run it.
set up to oneself
To set up (compose, typeset) one portion of text that precedes another portion set up by the same typesetter.
sexagesimo-quarto
A book size, (1.87"-2.5" x 2.5"-3.125"), corresponding to the paper size.
sextodecimo
A size of a sheet of paper resulting from folding and cutting a sheet of paper into sixteenths (3.25", 5" x 5", 6.25").
sheepsfoot
A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.
sheetfed
adjectiveIndustrial printing
Into which individual sheets of paper or paperboard are loaded.
sheetwise
adverbIndustrial printing
Printed one side of a sheet at a time, with the form replaced on the press between sides.
shooting stick
A printer's tool to be struck with a mallet for driving quoins.
short cross
The short crossbar of a printer's chase.
shoulder
The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
show-through
The undesirable situation where matter printed on one side of a sheet is visible from the other side.