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Glossary of Printing Terms
What is: Overlay ?
This often refers to covering which is transparent that is placed over the area where there is a color break or the corrections which have been made has been marked...
What is: Overlay ?
This often refers to covering which is transparent that is placed over the area where there is a color break or the corrections which have been made has been marked...
What is: Overhang cover ?
This refers to a cover which would often bigger than most of the pages that can be found in it.
What is: Overhang cover ?
This refers to a cover which would often bigger than most of the pages that can be found in it.
What is: Over inked ?
It refers to a printing work which has more ink than is required. This would lead to heavy print that would at the end, blur most of the sheet used...
What is: Over inked ?
It refers to a printing work which has more ink than is required. This would lead to heavy print that would at the end, blur most of the sheet used...
What is: Outline halftone (also known as silhou...
This refers to images which are halftone in nature. These images would often be outlined by means of the elimination of spots or dots around them
What is: Outline halftone (also known as silhou...
This refers to images which are halftone in nature. These images would often be outlined by means of the elimination of spots or dots around them
What is: Out-of-round rolls ?
It often describes pages on both points of the sheet primarily ones which are not in sync. These refer to rolls of paper that are not considered desirable and cannot...
What is: Out-of-round rolls ?
It often describes pages on both points of the sheet primarily ones which are not in sync. These refer to rolls of paper that are not considered desirable and cannot...
What is: Out-of-square ?
These refer to rolls of paper that are not considered desirable and cannot be used for an offset press. The reason for this is that these rolls might not be...
What is: Out-of-square ?
These refer to rolls of paper that are not considered desirable and cannot be used for an offset press. The reason for this is that these rolls might not be...