Zip file – Printing Terms Glossary

Zipping a file compresses one or more files into a smaller archive. It takes up less hard drive space as well as less time to transfer across a network or the internet.

 

Offset – Printing Terms Glossary

An erroneous variation of the word “set-off”. When printed, ink that is unintentionally transferred from a printed sheet to the back of the sheet above it as the pieces is stacked in a pile.

 

Gate fold – Printing Terms Glossary

To meet in the center, a three or four panel folds where the two outside panels fold inward. There are three panels in an open gate fold, the bottom of which is twice the size of the folded panels. There are four panels of more or less equal size in a closed gate fold where the outer panels are folded inward together.