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| Many publications use the same type of paper for the cover as is used throughout the entire publication. This is referred to as “self cover” since the same paper stock is used. This is typical for smaller publications, magazines, employee handbooks, and booklets. When self cover is used, the ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Signature |  | |||||||||||
| Any sheet of paper that has multiple pages printed on it that will be folded or cut later is referred to as a signature. This process allows printers to dramatically reduce the amount of individual pages that are printed. The pages are aligned in such a way that the final product will be properly ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| SPI (Samples Per Inch) | ||||||||||||
| The proper term for the measure of the resolution of a digital scanner or other digital imaging device is SPI or samples per inch. Scanners actually take samples of an image. The more samples taken, the closer the final image is to the original. Therefore, more samples taken by the scanner result in ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Spot Coating | ||||||||||||
| Any process that involves applying a coating to paper in specific areas, rather than through a flooding process that covers the entire material, is referred to as a spot coating process. Most paper used for printing has some form of coating applied to it for the purpose of protecting the paper or ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Stripping | ||||||||||||
| The term stripping has a number of uses in the printing industry, but the more common is in reference to the process of removing waste after cutting paper, using a die cut system, or applying labels to products. Often the cutting and labeling processes leave small amounts of paper, adhesives, or ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Substrate | ||||||||||||
| A substrate is simply the base material upon which other materials are added. In the printing industry, paper is a substrate onto which ink, adhesives, emulsion, laminates, and other materials may be added to form a finished product. Other substrates in the printing industry can include film, whi ... Read More | ||||||||||||
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| Subtractive Color | |||||||
| Any color model that uses some form of pigment to reduce the amount of light that reflects off of the service for the purpose of reproducing colors generally is referred to as subtractive color. The most common form of a subtractive color model is CMYK which pertains to the ... Read More |
