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Glossary of Printing Terms

Also known as filling up or plugging, it is a condition in offset lithography where the ink fills the area between the plug up or the halftone dots.

Also known as filling up or plugging, it is a condition in offset lithography where the ink fills the area between the plug up or the halftone dots.

Minerals which are added to the pulp to improve its smoothness, opacity, brightness and also its printing capability.

Minerals which are added to the pulp to improve its smoothness, opacity, brightness and also its printing capability.

The maximum width of paper that can be made from a paper machine.

The maximum width of paper that can be made from a paper machine.

Loosening the fibrillae when beating fibers during a manufacturing process.

Loosening the fibrillae when beating fibers during a manufacturing process.

These are string-like elements used in a bonding process when the paper is being manufactured.

These are string-like elements used in a bonding process when the paper is being manufactured.

The arrangement of fibers in a sheet which can be influenced in a papermaking process.

The arrangement of fibers in a sheet which can be influenced in a papermaking process.