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TERMINOLOGY

Spot Colour
Spot colour printing entails the use of a given ink colour, usually indicated by a Pantone reference.

Two Colour
The use of two pre-determined colours, again usually indicated by a Pantone reference.

Full Colour Process
Full colour process printing is reproduction across the full colour spectrum, using mixtures of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black ink to achieve the desired colours.
When pantone colours are printed in full colour process, the colours may differ to what is seen in the pantone reference book.

Litho Printing
This is a method of printing by which the desired image is transferred from plate onto paper using ink and water.

Digital Printing
Every page is an original, and documents can be output directly from disk in any colour and quantity, but digital printing is ideally suited for short runs.

FINISHING TERMS

Die Cut
A knife of a die is made to a required shape, then used to cut the shape from the sheet.

Spot UV Varnishing
A layer of varnish is applied using a precise shaped stencil.

Gold Foiling
A fine film of Silver / Gold foil is heat sealed to the sheet using a precisely shaped block.

Laminating
The finished sheet is heat sealed between plastic sheets to add strength and protection. Gloss or Matt Finish.

Celloglazing
Fine plastic laminate is applied to the finished piece, rendering it highly tough and durable. It can have a matt or gloss finish.

DESIGN TERMS

Tints are an even tone made up of dots or lines, used as backgrounds to headings

Bleed: is extending the illustration, solid, rule or tone beyond the final dimension of the printed page.

Cropping: is cutting an illustration to fit the area available, or removing excess material.

Mac: Apple Macintosh Computer – Designers weapon of choice. Design programs include: Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Illustrator , Acrobat, InDesign

BINDING TERMS

Saddle Stitching: Securing paper by wire staples through a centre fold, usually small booklets.

Perfect Binding: Printed pages are glued into the spine of the cover to create a professional finish.

Thread Sewn: Similar to Perfect Binding except book is also sewn together.

Wiro Binding: This involves the punching of loose sheets and the insertion of spiral coil which binds the pages together in an easy to use document.

Collating: This involves arranging document pages into their correct order after printing – such as multi page booklets.