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Adhesive A material able to hold two surfaces together, often activated by heat or pressure.

Against the grain: At right angles to direction of paper grain.

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Bleed Printing that goes to the edge of the sheet after trimming.

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Corflute Definition here

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Curing The process of effecting a chemical change in some inks or paints by the application of heat or ultraviolet light.

Coated paper A clay coated printing paper with a smooth finish.

Contrast The tonal change in color from light to dark.

Crop To cut off parts of a picture or image.

Crop marks Printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet.

Cyan One of four standard process colors. The blue color.



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Decals Copy and/or graphics printed on the non-adhesive side of film, then cut to a specified shape.

Dots-per-inch (DPI) A unit of measure used to describe the resolution capability of a given piece of equipment by measuring the number of individual dots the device can reproduce in a linear inch. If the horizontal and vertical resolutions are different, typically both figures will be given. The higher the number of dots, the less easy it is to distinguish individual dots, making the image sharper.

Die cutting Curing images in or out of paper.

Dot gain or spread A term used to explain the difference in size between the dot on film v paper.

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EPS Definition here
Embedding The process of including data such as fonts or graphics in a file.

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Fabricated Definition here

Fascia Definition here

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Gloss A shiny look reflecting light.

Grain The direction in which the paper fiber lie.

GSM Definition here

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Image area Portion of paper on which ink can appear.



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Kiss die cut To cut the top layer of a pressure sensitive sheet and not the backing.



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Laminate To cover with film, to bond or glue one surface to another.

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Magenta Process red, one of the basic colors in process color.

Matte Dull paper or ink finish.

Margin Definition here

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Outlines Definition here

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PDF Definition here

Print ready file Definition here

Pantone Matching System (PMS) Standardised series of thousands of colours, each with specific colour formulations and identification number.

Process colors Cyan (blue), magenta (process red), yellow (process yellow), black (process black).



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RGB Definition here

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Stock The material to be printed.

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Swatch Definition here

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UV INKS Definition here

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Vector In computerised signmaking, a line segment between two co-ordinates, on which a knife or tool path can be created for plotting or routing.

Vinyl Definition here

VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are petroleum- based chemical compounds with high vapour pressure and low water solubility (evaporate easily). Commonly found in industrial solvents, including those used as carriers in solvent-based inks. VOCs are considered toxic, and airborne VOCs are federally regulated in some industries.

UV coating Liquid laminate bonded and cured with ultraviolet light. Environmentally friendly.



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X axis Theoretical horizontal line providing a lengthwise reference point for plotters and routers.

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Y axis Theoretical vertical line providing a longitudinal reference point for plotters and routers.

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Z axis Theoretical line providing a depth reference point for routers.

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