That part of a printing plate that carries the ink and prints on paper.

Any paper which is free from wood pulp impurities.

A semi-gloss finish on paper which is less glossy than gloss as well as more than matte paper.

Small printed lines around the edges of a printed piece showing where it is to be cut out of the sheet. Sometimes mentioned to as cut marks.

Any color, which is toward the blue side of the color spectrum.

Types of paper normally used for printing books. Book paper text weight and is separated into uncoated or offset paper, and coated paper that includes a matte or gloss coating.

The procedure of averaging between pixels of different colors. As a result it is a smoother, more blended transition between the edge of two areas rather than a clearly jagged appearance.

A smooth paper that has a gentle patterned finish.

The last size of a printed piece after being cut from the sheet of paper that it was printed on.

The printing of two unlike images on two different sides of a sheet of paper by turning the sheet over after the first side is printed and using the same gripper as well as side guides.