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- Quality
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Subjective term relating to
expectations by the customer, printer and other professionals associated with a
printing job and whether the job meets those expectations.
- Quality Database
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Electronic repository for all non-conformance
information, based on Microsoft Access.
- Quark Express (commonly
Quark)
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Industry standard, Mac-based page make-up software,
particularly strong handling graphics within a page and its colour management
features. Used extensively in DTP, it can also be found in PC versions.
- Quarto
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1. Sheet folded twice, making pages one-fourth
the size of the original sheet. A quarto makes an 8-page signature.
2.
Book made from quarto sheets, traditionally measuring about 9'' x 12'.
- Quotation
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Price offered by a printer to produce a
specific job.