The two pages, which face each other in the center of a book or publication.

The rubberized surface material secured onto a cylinder onto which the ink is transferred from the plate as well as then to the paper.

On all of our card products we provide this high-quality, thick 14pt stock. The glossy, coated finish creates photographs and other images look beautiful. Consider adding an aqueous coating to your four color sides for added protection as well as shine.

Abbreviation of volatile organic material. Petroleum based chemicals applied in some printing inks and coatings whose high vapor pressure allows easy evaporation into the air.

A machine procedure, which produces a very smooth paper surface that is exceptional for printing.

A paper that indicates signs of erasure so that it cannot be altered or tampered with easily.

Any kind of paper that is considered better than grade #1 by its manufacturer.

A process of proof-making whereby the color separations are separately exposed to light sensitive film. Then this film is set in registration with a piece of white paper in the background.

The original weight of 1000 sheets of any given size of paper.

Adjusting the spacing or hyphenation of words as well as characters to fill a given line of text from end to end. Sometimes mentioned to as word spacing.