Leaflet
GLOSSARY
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48 COLOUR MATERIALS USAGE GUIDE
M
Micron:
The measure of paper thickness. One micron is 1
metre divided by 1000000.
Matt finish:
A flat, dull, low gloss finish on photographic paper
or coated printing paper.
Mottle:
Spotty or uneven image areas of printing.
N
Natural color:
Very light brown color of paper. May also be called
antique, cream, ivory, off-white or mellow white.
Neutral gray:
Gray with no hue or cast.
Newsprint:
Paper used for printing newspapers, made from
groundwood or mechanical pulp.
Non-impact printing:
Printing using lasers, ions, ink jets or heat to
transfer images to paper. Abbreviated NIP.
O
Offset paper:
Coated or uncoated paper specifically for offset
printing.
Offset printing:
Printing techniques that transfers ink from a plate
to a blanket to paper instead of directly from a plate
to paper.
Opacity:
Characteristic of paper or other substrate that
prevents printing on side from showing through to
the other.
Opaque:
The more opaque a sheet of paper is, the less
transparent it is. High opacity in printing papers is a
good characteristic as print from the other side of a
printed leaf has less "show through".
P
Page:
One side of a leaf in a publication.
Pallet:
A wooden form on which a large quantity of paper
or printed matter is shipped.
Page-per-inch:
Also known as PPI, it is the number of pages in
one inch.
Pixel:
Short for picture element, a dot made by a
computer, scanner or other digital device.
Printability:
The ability of paper to be reproduced with high
quality printing.
Publishing paper:
Paper made in weights, colors, and surfaced suited
to books, magazines, catalogs and free-standing
inserts.
Q
Quick printing:
Printing using small sheetfed presses, called
duplicators, using cut sizes of general office and
offset paper.
R
Ream:
500 sheets of paper
Recycled paper:
Paper manufactured from used paper pulp.
Resolution:
Sharpness of an image on film, paper, computer
screen, disc, tape or other medium.
Runability:
The capacity of a paper to perform on the press
without difficulties.