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Printing Terminology: Imposition

In a previous post talking about crop and registration marks, we mentioned the printing term page imposition. In our last blog post we talked about the term up which is…

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The word "trap" in spot color on a background to illustrate trapping.

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Printing Terminology: Trapping

Today we’re going to talk about a somewhat arcane printing term: trapping. While typically not an issue when printing full-color pieces, trapping is most frequently required when printing 2- or…

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Rolls of paper in different sizes so that final printed pieces must be trimmed, illustrating trimisize.

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Printing Terminology: Flat Size, Trim Size, and Other Terms

There are hundreds of terms used in the printing industry, many of them referring to or designating the same process or end product. To the uninitiated these terms can seem…

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8 business cards laid out on 8 1/2 x 11 sheet; layout of four labels on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet - examples of multi-up.

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Printing Terminology: Up

In previous blog posts, we’ve talked about the terms bleed, crop marks, and registration marks. In today’s installment we’re going to discuss the term up and how it’s used in…

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Business card with crop marks around it.

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Printing Terminology: Crop Marks & Registration Marks

Following our previous post about bleed, today we’re going to talk about the related topic of crop marks and registration marks. Crop Marks Crop marks are thin, short rules found…

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Showing a postcard printed to the edges or at full bleed.

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Printing Terminology: Bleed

With the ubiquity of laser and inkjet printers in homes and office, many people have discovered they can’t create and print a document, particularly a common 8.5” x 11” sheet,…

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Shows how CMYK works: cyan, magenta, yellow and black, layered, create a color image.

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An Introduction to Color & Color Printing, Part II

Brief History of the Printing Press The printing press, as well as movable type as such, was invented in China sometime during the 8th or 9th centuries. Johannes Gutenberg refined…

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An Introduction to Color & Color Printing, Part I

Human Vision and Color Perception The scientific study of sight and the behavior of light (formally known as optics) can be traced back more than four thousand years to the…

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Book Design and Printing Printing Understanding Terminology

Welcome to our new blog!

In the upcoming weeks and months we’ll be writing and sharing posts covering topics near and dear to our hearts concerning any and everything related to printing, promotional products/apparel and…

Book Design and Printing, Printing, Understanding Terminology