A photographic looking color print made by heating dyes on a substrate instead of applying inks. Frequently used for proofing.

A necessary part of the offset printing process whereby rollers distribute a solution to the plate, which covers the non-printing area of the plate, repelling ink in those fields. Some newer presses use a waterless ink technology, which does not use dampening.

A color trial strip that is printed on the waste part of a press sheet. It assists a press operator to monitor and assure the quality of the printed material relative to ink density, registration as well as dot gain. It can include a Star Target as well, which is designed to detect inking and press problems.

A boldface square or dot that is used before a sentence to emphasize its importance.

How an image on one side of a printed sheet adjusts with the image on the other side.

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.

A very shiny as well as durable high gloss coating applied to printed material. Used as a liquid then cured with ultraviolet light.

A printed sheet with more than one page on it that is folded so that as in a book the pages are in their proper numbered sequence.

Any kind of cross marks or other symbols applied to a press sheet to assure proper registration.

Abbreviation of Pantone Color Matching System.