A compressed air tool, which sprays a fine mist of paint or ink, used in illustration and photo retouching.

A printing production format, which has the front and back of a printed piece on one side of the paper that is then, printed the same on the back side and producing two copies of the piece.

Marks located on the printed sheet to indicate where cuts should be made.

To decrement the dot size of a halftone this in turn decreases the color strength.

Papers with a partial or complete content of cotton fibers.

A binding procedure where the signatures of a book are held together by a flexible adhesive.

When printed, ink that looks metallic. Made with powdered metal or pigments that look metallic. Gold and silver are commonly used.

Applying thin transparent plastic sheets to both sides of a sheet of paper, rendering scuff resistance, waterproofing and extended use.

The lightest tones of a photo, printed halftone or illustration. These highlights are represented by the finest dots in the finished halftone.

Stamping a thin sheet of metallic foil onto a sheet of paper and then embossing a pattern under it, producing a three dimensional raised area, normally text or an image.