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Packing
Slip
See: Bill of Lading/Packing Slip.
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Padding
(1) Loose sheets stacked, with or without a backing material, to which adhesive
is applied, usually with a brush, to the binding edge. The adhesive must
be flexible and capable of allowing easy removal of a single sheet.
(2) Corrugated material used as filler material in bulk cartons or individual
mailing cartons.
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Page
One side of a leaf; may be abbreviated as p. or pg.
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Page
Buffering
The ability to spook an entire image to disk and print in a continuous motion.
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Page
Composition
See: Desktop Publishing.
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Page
Flex
The number of flexes a book page can withstand before loosening from the binding.
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Page
Makeup
The hand or electronic assembly of the elements that comprise a page.
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Page
Proof
Proof of type, in page form.
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PageMaker
A page-layout software program manufactured by Adobe
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Pagination
(1) In computerized typesetting, the process of performing page makeup automatically.
(2) To number pages consecutively.
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Paint
A low-resolution bitmapped file.
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Paint
Program
A type of graphics program that treats images as a collection of individual
dots or picture elements (pixels) rather than as a collection of shapes (or
objects).
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Palatte
The collection of colors or shades available to a graphics system or program.
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Pallet
A wooden platform with stringers wide enough to allow a fork lift to drive
into it and lift; used to pack cartons for shipment, if specified by the
customer.
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Panel
In decorating of cases, a solid block of color, (ink or foil) used as a background
for other material to be stamped. Separate hit from type even if same foil.
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Panel
Pictures
Individual photos of uniform size, pasted up as one unit, with pictures touching
one another, to be shot as a single halftone.
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Paperbound
A paper covered book; also called Paperback or Soft Cover.
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Paragraph
Indention
The amount of space, usually one em, preceding the first word of a paragraph.
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Parallel
Fold
A series of folds, with each fold parallel to the other.
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Parcel
Post
Used for mailing packages. Regulations include maximum size and weight limitations;
the minimum weight is 16 ounces. Rates are determined by the weight of the
parcel and the approximate distance over which it is to be delivered.
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Parenthesis
( ) used as phrase markers in grammar and in mathematics
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Part
Title
A right hand page containing the title of a part (section) of a book; usually
backed by a blank page.
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Paste-up
The assembling of type elements, illustrations, etc., into final page form,
ready for photographing. See: Mechanical and Page Makeup.
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Patent
Register (Mark)
The typesetting symbol indicating a product is
registered with the U.S. Patent OfficeÂ.
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PDF
An acronym standing for Adobe主s Portable Document Format. PDF files are cross
platform and contain all of the image and font data. Design attributes are
retained in a compressed single package.
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PE
(Printer's Error)
A correction or change required, due to an error by the typesetter or printer;
not billable to the customer.
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Perfect
Binding
A binding method which uses flexible adhesive to hold each page in place after
folds along the spine have been cut off; also called Adhesive Binding. See
also: In-Line Covering.
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Perfect
Case Bind
See: Notch Adhesive Case Bind.
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Perforate
To make slits in the paper during folding, at the fold, to prevent wrinkles
and allow air to escape. Books which perfect bind are perforated on the
spine fold to aid in binding.
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Perforation
A series of small slits produced on a folder in the printed sheet, parallel
to the fold at the bind edge, which permits the paper to be separated easily
at these slits (perforations); also called Commercial Perforation.
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Permanence
The degree to which a paper will resist changes in its properties and characteristics
over a period of time.
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Permit
Mailing
A method of paying for movement of mail at rates which are dependent upon the
specific permit, such as Second Class, Third Class, Nonprofit Second Class,
etc.
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Photocopy
All of the camera-ready copy used for an order; includes text, artwork, halftones,
etc.; also called Camera Copy , Art Boards or Original.
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Photographic
Proof
A proof made from negatives or positives. See: Bluelines.
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Photoposterization
See: Posterization.
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Photoshop
A graphics software program manufactured by Adobe Systems, Inc.
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Photostat
See: Contact Print.
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Phototypesetting
The process of setting type photographically.
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PIA
(Printing Industry of America)
A graphic arts trade organization.
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Pica
(1) A printer's unit of measurement used primarily in typesetting. One pica
equals approximately 1/6 inch.
(2) Measurement equaling 12 points.
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PICT
A low resolution, bitmapped format generally used for viewing privileges on
a computer monitor only; rarely is the quality suitable for print.
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Pigment
The fine solid particles used to give color, body or opacity to printing inks.
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Piling
(1) In printing, the building up or caking of ink pigment on rollers, plate
or blanket; will not transfer readily.
(2) The accumulation of paper coating on the blanket of an offset press.
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Pin
Register
Accurately positioned holes and special pins on copy, film, plates, and presses
to insure proper register or fit of colors.
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Pinch
Trap
see Chole trap
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Pinhole
(1) A small, unwanted, transparent area in the developed emulsion of a negative
or black area on a positive; usually due to dust or other defects on the
copy, copyboard glass or on the film.
(2) In paper, small imperfections caused by foreign matter on its surface during
papermaking.
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Pits
Laser-etched holes in the CD-ROM tract that do not reflect light. Opposite
of Lands.
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Pixels
Pixels are generated by video monitors or some specialized recorders. They
are spots with varying levels of energy. They can be 1% dark or at some
percentage of gray. Therefore Red Green and Blue Pixels can be combined
at varying levels to display pictures.
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Planographic
Printing
A process of printing from a flat or plane surface, such as is done in Lithography.
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Plastic
Comb Binding
A type of mechanical binding using a piece of rigid vinyl plastic sheeting
diecut in the shape of a comb or rake and rolled to make a cylinder of any
thickness. The book is punched with slots along the binding edge, through which
this comb is inserted.
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Plastic
Film
The material used on shrink wrap equipment for wrapping packages. It is a plastic
material which shrinks to fit the contents, after it passes through a heat
tunnel.
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Plastic
Shrink Wrap
See: Shrink Wrap.
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Plate
(1) Brief for printing plate; a thin sheet of metal that carries the printing
image, the surface of which is treated so that only that image is ink-receptive.
(2) An illustration printed separately from the text and inserted by tipping.
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Plate
Finish
A smooth, hard finish of paper.
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Plate
Prep
Those operations after camera and before platemaking; includes opaquing of
negatives, strip-ins of halftones, stripping of negative flats and any other
operations needed to make negative flats ready for platemaking.
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Plotter
Machine in Layout which is programmed with all trim size and margins to create
an underlay that is used for the layout of text pages to correct imposition.
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Plugged
A printing condition characterized by the loss of dot reproduction; no dots
are visible.
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Plug-in
A add on to an application program that adds functionality to it. Acrobat Exchange
uses plug-ins developed by third party vendors to enhance the performance
of the software.
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PMS
(Pantone Matching System)
An ink color system widely used in the graphic arts. There are approximately
500 basic colors, for both coated and uncoated paper. The color number and
formula for each color are shown beneath the color swatch in the ink book.
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PMT
(Photomechanical Transfer Prints)
Camera-generated positive prints used for pasteup and for making paper contacts
without the need for a negative; also called Contact Print or T-Print.
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Pocket
(1) A station on the gathering line.
(2) Paper, cloth, vinyl or other material made into a pocket, with or without
gussets, affixed inside the front or back cover of a book.
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POD
(Proof of Delivery)
Any document which travels with a shipment and is signed by the consignee on
receipt of shipment.
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Point
(1) A printer's unit of measurement, used principally for designating type
sizes. There are 12 points to a pica; approximately 72 points to an inch.
(2) A papermaker's unit of measure equal to .001 of an inch, used as the measure
for binder boards.
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Portrait
A page orientation description in which the page is taller than it is wide.
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Positive
A photographic image on paper, film or glass which corresponds to the original
copy; the reverse of negative.
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Posterization
A method of replacing continuous tones with a limited number of flat tones,
by making a line shot instead of a halftone; also called Photoposterization.
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PostScript
A standard language that computers can use for communicating visual information.
It describes pages to any output device with a PostScript interpreter.
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PostScript
Files
Files from a desktop publishing program, or other
composition program, that are in the PostScript "universal" page
description language format rather that the program's
native format. Not to be confused with EPS files.
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PostScript
Type 1 Fonts
A type font in the PostScript format. Also known as a Type 1 font.
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PPD
File (PostScript Printer Description File)
A file that contains information on screen angle, resolution, page size and
device-specific information for a file to be printed on a PostScript device.
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PPI
(pages-per-inch)
The number of pages contained in a one inch stack of paper.
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PPI
(Pixels per inch)
The number of pixels that fit (horizontally & vertically) into
one square inch: generally used when explaining
the effective resolution of scanned images.
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Preface
Part of the preliminary matter in a book; it usually explains the purpose of
the book or acts as a general introduction.
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Preliminaries
(Prelims)
Those introductory pages which precede the text of a book. They include title
page, copyright, preface, contents, and other non-text pages for identification
or explanation; also called Front Matter.
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Prep
See: Prepress.
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Prepaid
A shipment for which freight charges are paid by the consignor; a 5% surcharge
is added for this service.
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Prepress
All manufacturing operations prior to press; also called Prep.
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Prepress
Proofs (Bluelines)
Proofs made by photographic techniques to eliminate the expense of making press
proofs.
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Prescreen
A lower contrast halftone, printed on glossy photographic paper for direct
pasteup with line copy, to avoid stripping of a halftone negative into
a line negative; also called Screened Print.
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Press
Layout
See: Imposition.
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Press
Proof
Actual press sheets to show image, tone value and color. A few sheets are run
and approval received from the customer prior to printing the job.
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Press
Sheet
The full-size sheet of paper selected for a job to be printed on a sheet-fed
press.
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Press
Varnish
See: Varnish.
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Pressure
Sensitive Labels
Labels with an adhesive coating, protected by a backing sheet until used, which
will stick without moistening.
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Primary
Colors
The base colors of a color model; in subtractive color the primary colors are
Cyan
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Primary
Letter
A lower case letter which has no ascenders or descenders, such as e, m, n,
o, and c.
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Print
Block
The area on the page occupied by printed matter; also called Print Box, Type
Surface or Image Area.
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Printability
The characteristic of a paper which allows good performance on the press and
yields printed material of high quality.
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Printer
Font
A high-resolution outline version of the screen font necessary for imagesetting.
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Printer's
Error
See: PE.
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Priority
Mail
Air Mail parcels exceeding 12 oz.; also called Air Parcel Post.
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Pro
Number
A number assigned by a carrier to its freight bill; this number is essential
for tracing a shipment.
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Process
Camera
A large camera for graphic arts applications, consisting of copyboard, lensboard,
lens, bellows, camera back and independent camera bed or suspension.
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Process
Color
The colors of process Cyan, process Magenta, process Yellow, and Black used
in four-color process printing to simulate all of the colors as the human eye
sees them. Also known as four-color process. When these colors are used in
various strengths and combinations, they make it possible to produce thousands
of colors with a minimum of photography, platemaking, and presswork.
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Process
Color Printing
See: Color Process Printing.
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Process
Color Separation Negative
A color picture is actually printed with the four process colors. To obtain
the negatives for each of these colors requires a complicated darkroom process.
Basically, filters are used to block out all but the desired color for each
color negative, and for each a different angle screen is employed. Usually
special color correction masks must be used to improve colors for each negative.
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Process
Inks
Transparent inks manufactured for use in four color process printing.
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Progressive
Color Proofs
Proofs made from the separate negatives in color process work, showing the
sequence of printing and the result after each additional color has been applied;
also called Progs.
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Proof
Trial prints from type, negatives or plates used for detecting errors.
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Proofreader
One who reads proof and marks errors for correction.
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Proofreader's
Marks
The standardized symbols used by copy editors and proofreaders in the correction
of proof.
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Proportion
Rule
A device used to establish the amount of reduction, enlargement, ratio and
proportion for copy; used in Planning and Plate Prep; also called Proportion
Scale, Reduction Wheel or Scale.
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Protect
Shipment
An expedited shipment.
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Proximity
Searching
Finding search terms that occur within a specified number of words in the text.
Proximity searching is not as stringent as phrase searching, which requires
that the terms occur in the text exactly as entered for the search.
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Publisher
One who makes a business of publishing and marketing newspapers, periodicals,
books, music, plays, etc.
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Pull
Test
A test performed on perfect bound books to determine the amount of pull pressure
required to remove a page from the binding; used to verify that pages are securely
bound.
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Pyroxlin
Plastic material (cellulose nitrate) used for impregnating or coating book
cloth or some paper.
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