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Print
See: Contact Print.
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Tab
(1) A tag on a skid of printed sheets as a marker for a given number of sheets.
Skids are tabbed when the binding is of more than one kind and not all
sheets are to be folded.
(2) In composition, the point marking the beginning of a column in tabular
material.
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Table
See: Tabular Material.
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Tabloid
one half of a news paper sheet measuring 11.75 x 15 - 17; more commonly referred
to as a page size measuring 11 x 17
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Tabular
Material
Any copy or typeset information in a columnar format, where the information
in the first column refers to the copy in the succeeding columns across the
page.
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Tack
Pulling power of ink or glue against another surface.
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Tail
The bottom of a page, section or book.
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Tail
Margin
See: Foot Margin.
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Tape
Backup
File storage and transfer medium. Both nine-track tape and smaller format tape
cartridges are commonly used. Tape backup is used for protecting and transferring
files, because tape has a high density of data storage.
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Tapes
Strips of cloth or tape pasted or sewed to the backbone of a book to add strength
to the binding. See also: Rein-forced Endsheets.
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Tare
Weight
The weight of packing material (cartons, skids, pallets, etc.).
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Tear
A measurement of the resistance of pulp fibers to a tearing force.
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Tear & Tip
Page taken from bound book and new page hand tipped in its place.
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Tear
Sheet
(1) Any page torn from a book, with corrections or changes marked on it.
(2) A sample of finished advertising.
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Tear
Strength
The resistance of paper to tearing.
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Technical
Material
Copy to be typeset which includes special symbols, tables and scientific and
technical terms; more complicated to set than straight matter.
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Tensile
Strength
A measure of the force required to break a sheet of paper under standard testing
conditions.
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Terabyte
A unit of computer storage equal to one trillion (1
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Text
Straight type matter or body copy, as distinguished from headlines and subheads.
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Text
Paper
High quality papers, made in white and colors and a variety of finishes; used
for books, booklets, etc.
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Textbook
In book publishing, textbook applies to any book that is to be sold through
schools and used for educational purposes.
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Texture
The feel or appearance of paper or cloth.
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Thermal
Dye Sublimation
Like thermal transfer, except that pigments are vaporized and float to desired
proofing stock. These inks are highly translucent and produce very high quality.
Also called thermal dye diffusion transfer, or D2T2.
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Thermal
Printes
Operate by placing a "transfer" sheet that carries ink in contact
with the paper or transparency. A heated printhead
then touches the transfer sheet to
transfer images to the right points on the page. Used for comps and dummies.
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Third-Class
Mail
Mail which consists of circulars, booklets, catalogs and other printed material;
limited in weight to less than 16 ounces. A permit is required.
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Three
Quarter Tone
Referencing a halftone screen dot at 75% coverage
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Three-Color
Process
A method for reproducing color artwork that is similar to the four-color process,
except the black plate is omitted.
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Three-Knife
Trimmer
A trimming machine with three knives, two parallel and one right angle, which
trims three sides at once; can be hand fed or automatic feed.
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Three-Piece
Case
A case made with three separate pieces of material, usually one kind of material
for the spine and a portion of the front and back of the case and a different
material used for the balance of the front and back of the case. There is a
slight overlap where the pieces meet; also called Quarter Binding.
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Through
Rate
A shipping rate that applies from point of origin to destination.
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Thumb
Edge
The outside edge of a book, directly opposite the binding edge.
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Thumb
Margin
See: Trim Margin.
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Tie
Together
In plate prep, small flats or partial flats which are taped in proper relation
to one another to produce a full size flat.
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TIFF
(Tagged Image File Format)
A file format used to represent black-and-white, grayscale, or color bitmapped
images, particularly those produced by scanners.
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Tight
Back
Occurs when the back of the cover is glued to the back of the book.
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Tight
Edges
A form of paper curling, caused when the surrounding atmosphere has a relative
humidity lower than the pile of paper, allowing exposed edges to dry out and
shrink.
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Tight
Negative
Overexposing and/or overdeveloping a negative so that the printing formed will
be sharper than normally obtained.
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Tight
Register
See: Hairline Register.
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Tint
Block
A panel of color on which type or an illustration may be printed.
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Tinting
An all-over color tint on the press sheet in the non-image area of the sheet,
caused by ink pigment dissolving in the dampening solution.
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Tinting
Strength
Coloring power of ink; the amount it can be reduced or diluted with white ink
to produce a tint of a given strength.
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Tints
Various even tone areas (strengths) of a solid color.
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Tip-In
Any separate page (or pages) pasted in a book, such as foldouts, frontispiece,
etc.; pasted by hand or machine, before or after binding.
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Tip-On
To attach endsheets or other material to the outside of folded sections by
machine application of a thin strip of adhesive.
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Tipping
In
The hand operation of pasting into a book a separate leaf, an illustration,
foldout or other material.
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Tipping
Machine
A machine used to tip end sheets or other material to the outside of signatures.
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Tissue
Overlay
A thin, translucent paper placed over artwork for protection; also may be used
to indicate instructions, color break and corrections.
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Title
The name of a book or other printed matter.
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Title
Page
A page in a book's front matter, usually a right-hand page, stating the title,
author and publisher.
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Tolerance
The acceptable amount of variance from stated specifications.
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Tone
(1) The shade, hue or degree of a color.
(2) Short for Screentone.
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Tooth
A slightly rough paper surface which is readily ink receptive.
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Top
Margin
See: Head Margin.
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Top
Staining
A stain or dye added to the top trimmed edge of a casebound book. See: Edge
Staining.
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Tracer
The act of locating a shipment that has not arrived at its destination.
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Trade
Edition
An edition of a book intended for sale through bookstores to the general public.
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Transfer
Functions
Extra information that is attached to images that is used for adjusting the
reproduction of the image on a specific output deice.
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Transfer
Key
A registered trademark of the 3M Company for a pre-press color proofing system.
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Transfer
Lettering
Letters, numbers and symbols on clear sheets, which can be applied to many
surfaces by rubbing or burnishing after positioning. Sometimes used in composition
for special symbols not available on the equipment; also known as Visi-Type
or other trade names.
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Transmission
Copy
Original copy which is photographed by transmitted light; light passes through
the copy; also called Transparent Copy.
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Transparency
(1) A photographic positive mounted on transparent film and viewed by transmitted
light.
(2) The quality that allows images to be seen through a sheet.
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Transparent
See: Show-through.
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Transparent
Inks
Printing inks which do not conceal the color beneath. Process inks are transparent
so they will blend to form other colors.
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Transpose
To exchange the position of a letter, word, line, or negative with another
letter, word, line, or negative.
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Trap
An area of overlapping ink where two different colors of ink meet. It is used
to prevent an unwanted white edge between the colors.
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Trapping
The ability of an already printed ink film to accept a succeeding or overprinted
ink film.
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Trim
To cut away the folded or uneven edges to form a smooth even edge and permit
all pages to open.
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Trim
4 Sides (T4)
Loose leaf pages-pages are imposed, printed and gathered, then all sides trimmed
off.
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Trim
Margin
The margin of the open side, away from the bind; also called Thumb, Fore Edge,
Face or Outside Margin.
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Trim
Marks
Marks placed on original copy to indicate trim size; also called Corner Marks.
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Trim
Size
The final size of a book after binding and trimming.
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Tritone
An image reproduced using three colors.
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Trumatch
Used by QuarkXPress, this system has over 2,000 colors created by varying degrees
of CMYK to create individual process colors.
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TruType
A brand of fonts manufactured by TruType. A unique trait of TruType fonts is
that both the screen and printer font are built into one font file.
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Tuck
Envelope
An envelope with no adhesive application on the flap; the contents are retained
in the envelope by tucking the flap into the envelope body.
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Turn
Around
The amount of time added to a schedule for customer approval of proof or printed
material.
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Turn-In
The portion of material used in making cases, which comes over the edges of
the boards onto the inside of the boards, thus covering the board edges
and completing the case; usually 5/8
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Two-Piece
Case
A case made with two different materials applied to the binder boards separately.
A standard case is made with a single piece of material. A second material
is added over the first, covering the complete spine and partially wrapping
around the front and back of the case.
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Two-Piece
Cover
A cover for mechanical binding consisting of separate front and back covers.
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Two-Sidedness
The property of paper which denotes a difference in appearance and printability
between the top (felt) and bottom (wire) sides.
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Two-Up
Two identical printing subjects on a plate or sheet; usually made by preparing
the flat so that it can be exposed successively in the two required locations.
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Two-Up
Binding
Printing and binding in such a way that two books are bound as one, then cut
apart to become separate books.
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Tying
See: String Tie.
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Type
1
An outline font description that was developed by Adobe. These fonts were designed
to work with PostScript and will reproduce well even at small sides and resolutions.
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Type
42
In effect this is a PostScript wrapper around a TrueType font. This wrapper
allows the font to be interpreted by a PostScript interpreter.
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Type
Face
A style or design of type encompassing shape, weight and proportions which
make it distinct from other type faces.
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Type
Family
A group of typefaces that are similar in style, usually differing only in boldness
and whether characters are straight (Roman) or inclined slightly (Italic).
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Type
Font
A complete assortment of any one size and style of type, containing all the
characters for setting ordinary composition.
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Type
Gauge
A printer's tool calibrated in points and picas; used to measure the various
dimensions of typesetting.
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Type
Surface
The specified area on a page that can contain printed matter; also called Image
Area, Print Box and Print Block.
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Typo
Short for typographical error.
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Typsetting
See: Composition.
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