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Glossary

Adhesive
binding:

Bookbinding a style of binding used mainly for paperback books, where the backs of the gathered

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Artistic Binding:

A type of binding not used in industrial bookbinding.

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B

Binding / Bookbinding

The process of assembling more than one pages into a document or book by attaching folded or unfolded sheets together and attaching to a cover.

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Blanket cylinder

Blanket cylinder:

The part of an offset lithographic printing press that comes in contact with the printing plate and imprints the image on the printing substrate (e.g., paper).

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C

Cloth Binding

Cloth Binding:

Binding method using cloth to cover hardcover books.

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Colour separation

Colour separation :

This is the process of separating a colour image into the four primary colours of graphic arts

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Creasing blade

Creasing blade :

Rule used in to score or make deep crease on paper or carton.

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cut, trim

cut, trim:

After printing, paper is trimmed using a cutter to remove any excess around its perimeter.

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D

Die cut

Die cut:

The act of cutting a print job using a die to create customed shapes and designs.

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Doublex printing with one pass

Doublex printing with one pass:

Printing press that simultaneously prints paper on both sides.

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Duotone

Duotone:

Designs and colours consisting of two colours.

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Dust jacket

Dust jacket:

Detachable or removable outer cover of a hardcover book that is usually printed with the title and text.

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E

Embossing

Embossing:

Ink-free technique, in which a male and a female pair of molds are used to apply pressure to the paper and create a three-dimensional design. It is commonly used on book covers and invitations.

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F

Flexible Binding

Flexible Binding:

Bookbinding in which the sheets of paper are joined with a binder without being punctured or glued.

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Font

Font:

The font is a full set of characters—alphabet, numbers plus punctuation and other symbols—that share a common design.

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Four colour process

Four colour process:

In graphic arts, four-color process is the use of four colours, namely cyan, magenta, yellow and black in printing.

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G

Gilding

Any technique that involves the application of fine gold to a surface.

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Graphic arts

Graphic arts:

The processes related to pre-press, printing and finishing as well as packaging.

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Gravure printing

Gravure printing:

Intaglio process that involves forming the image to be printed by cutting recessions or making depressions into the surface of the plate. The plate is then covered with ink and the excess wiped off so that it remains only in the etched lines, which recreate the image when the plate is pressed onto paper.

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H

Hard cover making machine

Hard cover making machine:

A machine for making hard covers.

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Hot melt

Hot melt:

Type of solid glue used in binding, which with the use of a gun with a heating element melts for a short time.

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Hot Stamp

Hot Stamp:

A printing technique that leaves a gold or silver print on the surface.

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K

Kraft

Kraft:

Type of paper or cardboard produced from softwood pulp that is often used in artistic binding.

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L

Lace-on binding

Lace-on binding :

Binding method that uses cord to “lace” together the pages and attach to the cover.

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Laid paper

Laid paper:

Handmade paper whose surface isn’t smooth but textured with light ribbing that is visible when the book is placed in the library.

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Library Binding

Library Binding :

Performed on library books to make them more durable.

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Lightness

Lightness:

Lightness is the tone of a colour, measured by how it reflects light or brightness.

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Line drawing

Line drawing:

Line drawing is used to create images with artistic (decorative and graphic designs) or technical character (architectural, topographic, mechanical, industrial designs). Line drawing in graphic arts does not use raster.

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Lithography

Lithography:

Lithography is a printing process that uses a metal plate on which the image areas are worked using a greasy substance so that the ink will adhere to them by, while the non-image areas are made ink-repellent.

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M

Magenta

Magenta:

Bright purple-pink colour that is one of the four basic inks used in printing.

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Mechanical binding

Mechanical binding:

Type of binding a spiral wire, rods, or plastic combs to hold pages together.

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O

Offset

Offset:

Offset printing is a technique whereby the paper does not come into direct contact with the printing plate, but only with a rubber cylinder, which transfers the image to the paper. The method produces excellent quality results, while ensuring faster production.

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P

Page layout

Page layout:

The final layout of texts and images of an entire.

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Paperback binding

Paperback binding:

A binding method that allows spines to remain flexible.

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Perfect Binding

Perfect Binding:

In perfect binding, sections of folded sheets are collated to form the inside of the printed product. Their spines are trimmed off and roughed up to improve bonding with the glue (e.g., magazines).

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perforation – hole punch

perforation – hole punch:

Small holes or punctures made in paper that are used as a guide for tearing (e.g., in receipt books).

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Photoengraving

Photoengraving:

Mechanical process used mainly for reproducing illustrations by submerging a metal plate in an acid bath.

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Photomontage

Photomontage:

is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image.

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Pre-press

Pre-press:

Prepress describes all the processes and procedures that take place prior to printing.

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Printing forms

Printing forms:

Different types of printing such embossing, flatbed, gravure printing silkscreen printing, without printing plate.

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Printing methods

Printing methods:

Different types of printing such as, typography, gravure printing, silkscreen printing, offset lithography, digital printing, gilding.

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Proof

Proof:

An exact approximation of what the printed document will look like. Proofs are used as a final check of image and text placement, colour, and special features like folds or perforation.

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Punch register

Punch register:

Also known as a perforator, it is a machine used to pierce or stamp paper or film with two, four or more holes or perforations to be used for binding individual pieces of paper by pining them from the front to the back cover.

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S

Saddle Stitch Binding

Saddle Stitch Binding:

Folded sheets of paper are nested one within another and attached by staples through the fold along the spine.

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Saturation

Saturation:

The intensity of an image’s colour or colours as measured by its brightness.

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Signature

Signature:

A large sheet of paper that is usually printed on both sides and then is folded down.

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Silkscreen printing

Silkscreen printing:

Printing method in which ink is forced through a fine mesh stencil created from the design.

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Τ

Thread sealing

Thread sealing:

Method of binding in which a small number of pages, usually a signature, are sewn together and then bound to each other.

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Transfer cylinder

Transfer cylinder:

The part of an offset lithographic printing press that comes in contact with the printing plate and imprints the image on the printing substrate (e.g., paper).

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Typography

Typography:

Typography is the art of arranging type in order to make text and image.

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W

Watermark

Υδατογράφημα:

A design embedded on a paper by the manufacturer that becomes visible when light is transmitted through the substrate. Watermarks are used as safety features of various documents (e.g., banknotes and tickets).

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Work-and-tumble

Work-and-tumble:

Prepress and print process in which the plate contains all images to be printed on front and back of sheet. After one side has been printed, the sheets are turned over and printed on reverse, then the sheet is cut in half to produce identical images.

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Work-and-turn

Work-and-turn:

Prepress and print process in which the front and back of a page are mounted together, with one-half of the sheet top printing and the other half back printing.

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X

Xeropraphy

Xeropraphy:

Xerography is a dry photocopying technique that reproduces images using a system of rolling cylinders that electrostatically transfer toner on the printing surface and then dries it.

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Glossary

Adhesive binding:

Α

Artistic Binding:

Artistic Binding:

B

Binding / Bookbinding

Binding / Bookbinding

Blanket cylinder

Blanket cylinder:

C

Cloth Binding

Cloth Binding:

Colour separation

Colour separation :

Creasing blade

Creasing blade :

cut, trim

cut, trim:

D

Die cut

Die cut:

Doublex printing with one pass

Doublex printing with one pass:

Duotone

Duotone:

Dust jacket

Dust jacket:

E

Embossing

Embossing:

F

Flexible Binding

Flexible Binding:

Font

Font:

Four colour process

Four colour process:

G

Gilding

Gilding

Graphic arts

Graphic arts:

Gravure printing

Gravure printing:

H

Hard cover making machine

Hard cover making machine:

Hot melt

Hot melt:

Hot Stamp

Hot Stamp:

K

Kraft

Kraft:

L

Lace-on binding

Lace-on binding :

Laid paper

Laid paper:

Library Binding

Library Binding :

Lightness

Lightness:

Line drawing

Line drawing:

Lithography

Lithography:

M

Magenta

Magenta:

Mechanical binding

Mechanical binding:

O

Offset

Offset:

P

Page layout

Page layout:

Paperback binding

Adhesive
binding: