- Saddle-Stitch
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To
bind by stapling sheets together where they fold at the spine, as compared to
side stitch. . Our usual rule is Saddle-Stitch up to 96pp, above this then Flat
Stitch or Perfect Bind. Be careful though. The calliper of the stock is a big
factor. If a book is equal to, or greater than, 5mm then Saddle-Stitching may
not be the best finishing method. Also called pamphlet stitch, saddle wire
and stitch bind
- Satin Finish
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Alternate term for
dull finish on coated paper.
- Scale
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To identify the
percent by which photographs or art should be enlarged or reduced to achieve,
the correct size for printing.
- Scanner
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Device used
to scan an image and capture it in an electronic format.
- Score
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To compress paper along a straight line so it folds more
easily and accurately. Also called crease.
- Scottish
-
Generic term used to describe publications produced overnight for The
Scottish Parliament. These jobs are produced from PDF files received from TSO
in Edinburgh via ISDN and are usually produced digitally via the OCE web
line.
- Screen Angles
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Angles at which screens
intersect with the horizontal line of the press sheet. The common screen angles
for separations are black 45 degree, magenta 75 degree, yellow 0 degree and
cyan 105 degree.
- Screen Density
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Refers to the
percentage of ink coverage that a screen tint allows to print. Also called
screen percentage.
- Screen Printing
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Method of
printing by using a squeegee to force ink through an assembly of mesh fabric
and a stencil.
- Screen Ruling
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Number of rows or lines
of dots per inch or centimetre in a screen for making a screen tint or
halftone. Also called line count, ruling, screen frequency, screen size and
screen value.
- Screen Tint
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Colour created by
dots instead of solid ink coverage. Also called Benday, fill pattern,
screen tone, shading, tint and tone.
- Scumming
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The non-image area of a printing plate attracts ink. This unwanted ink will
print on a sheet and give a dirty background appearance. The problem is usually
fixed by adjusting the ink/water balance on the press.
See also
Catch-up.
- Seal
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Coating in water base and applied like ink by a
printing press to protect and enhance the printing underneath. Also called
Aqueous Coating.
- Select
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Generic term used to
refer to all Select Committee publications (reports, minutes of evidence,
memoranda, appendices to the minutes of evidence, minutes of proceedings).
- Select Committee
-
A Committee of either House of
Parliament drawn from its respective matters to discuss/investigate
non-legislative material. Although a Select Committee carries no legislative
powers, it may well publish a report to government recommending changes to
existing, or new, legislation.
- Selective Binding
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Placing signatures or inserts in magazines or catalogues according to
demographic or geographic guidelines.
- Self-Cover
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A
publication not having a cover stock. A publication only using text stock
throughout.
- Self-Mailer
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A printed item containing
all relevant posting information and posted independently without the need for
an envelope.
- Separations
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Usually in the field of
four-colour process printing, separate film holding images of one specific
colour per piece of film. Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. Can also separate
specific Pantone colours through film.
- Serigraphic Printing
-
Printing method whose image carriers are woven fabric, plastic or metal
that allow ink to pass through some portions and block ink from passing through
other portions. Serigraphic printing includes screen and mimeograph.
- Setoff
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Undesirable transfer of wet ink from the top of one
sheet to the underside of another as they lie in the delivery stack of a press.
Also called offset.
- SGML (Standard Generalised Mark-up
Language)
-
A method of tagging text in order that it can be
presented into a structured management program for detailed use. All Statutory
Instruments and Chapters are converted into SGML for onward sale.
- Shade
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Hue made darker by the addition of black, as compared to
tint.
- Shadows
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Darkest areas of a photograph or
illustration, as compared to midtones and high-lights.
- Sheetfed
Press
-
Press that prints sheets of paper, as compared to a web
press.
- Sheetwise
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Technique of printing one side of a
sheet with one set of plates, then the other side of the sheet with a set of
different plates.
- Sherpa
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Afga colour proofing device
in DTP department. Produces high-quality colour inkjet proofs.
- Sherpa proof
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High-quality colour proof produced from Agfa
Sherpa device. Although not a contract proof, this will give a good indication
of how the finished product will look.
- Shiner
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A process whereby solid areas of colour are overprinted onto a
percentage tint created to the same coverage area. For example, a solid area of
black by be pre-printed on an earlier press unit with a 60% tint of Cyan.
- Shingling
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Allowance, made during paste-up
or stripping, to compensate for creep. Creep is the problem; shingling is the
solution.
Also called stair stepping and progressive margins.
- SI (Statutory Instrument)
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An HMSO publication which is a
secondary-level legislative document. Typeset in Pre-press and printed
digitally on sovereign wove.
- SI Bound Volume
-
Produced in three annual parts, a collection of all SI documents published
in that relevant period. SI Bound Volumes are produced by dropping PDFs of the
SI documents into a page. Sections are printed digitally and case bound at
Petams.
- Side-Stitch
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To bind by stapling through
sheets along, one edge, as compared to saddle stitch. Also called cleat
stitch, side wire and Side-Stab.
- Signature
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Printed sheet folded at least once, possibly many times, to become part of a
book, or other publication.
- Sitting
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Generic term
used to refer to the act of a days business in either House of Parliament.
- Size
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Compound mixed with paper or fabric to make it
stiffer and less able to absorb moisture.
- Slip Sheets
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1. Separate sheets (stock) independent from the original run positioned
between the "printed run" for a variety of reasons.
2. The flimsy paper
used in a Galileo Platesetter to separate each individual printing plate within
a plate cassette.
- Slit
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A cut made on a
printing machine during the production run.
- Slitter
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The actual device/tool attached to a printing press (usually between
cylinder and delivery) that allows for a cut to be made during the production
run.
See also Slit.
- Soft Dots
-
Halftones dots with halos.
- Solid
-
Any area of
the sheet receiving 100 percent ink coverage, as compared to a screen tint.
- Solna
-
Cold-set web presses working in signatures of up
to 32pp, delivery folded sections in bundles to the finishing department.
- Soy-based Inks
-
Inks using vegetable oils instead of
petroleum products as pigment vehicles, thus are easier on the environment.
- Specifications (or Spec)
-
Complete and precise written
description of features of a printing job such as type size and leading, paper
grade and quantity, printing or binding method.
- Spectrophotometer
-
Instrument used to measure the index of
refraction of colour.
- Specular Highlight
-
Highlight
area with no printable dots, thus no detail, as compared to a diffuse
highlight. Also called catchlight and dropout highlight.
- Spine
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Back or binding edge of a publication
- Spine Width
-
The measurement made across the bulk of the backs
of folded sections forming a publication to be allowed between cover pages 1
and 4 in order a good fit is achieved. The Spine Width will often contain text,
e.g.. title of publication.
- Spiral Bind
-
To bind
using a spiral of continuous wire or plastic looped through holes. Also
called coil bind.
- Split Fountain
-
Technique of
putting ink colours next to each other in the same ink fountain and printing
them off the same plate. Split fountains keep edges of colours distinct, as
compared to rainbow fountains that blend edges.
- Split Run
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1. Different images, such as advertisements, printed in different
editions of a publication.
-
2. Printing of a book that has
some copies bound one way and other copies bound another way.
- Spoilage
-
Materials that, due to mistakes or accidents, must be
thrown away instead of delivered printed to the customer, as compared to
waste.
- Spoilage Reprint
-
The second production run of
a publication or signature due to mistake or accident.
- Spot
Colour or Varnish
-
One ink or varnish applied to portions of a
sheet, as compared to flood or painted sheet.
- Spread
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1. Two pages that face each other and are
designed as one visual or production unit.
-
2. Technique of
slightly enlarging the size of an image to accomplish a hairline trap with
another image. Also called fatty.
- SRA0
-
ISO
paper size 980 x 1280mm.
- SRA1
-
ISO paper size 640 x
900mm.
- SRA2
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ISO paper size 450 x 640mm.
- SRA3
-
ISO paper size 320 x 450mm.
- SRA4
-
ISO paper size 225 x 320mm.
- Stab tlhc
-
Generic
term for finishing style which is a single stitch placed in the top, left-hand
corner of the document.
- Standard Viewing Conditions
-
Background of 60 percent neutral grey and light that measures 5000 degrees
Kelvin, the colour of daylight on a bright day. Also called lighting
standards.
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
-
Method used by printers to ensure quality and delivery times specified by
customers.
- Step and Repeat
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Prepress technique of
exposing an image in a precise, multiple pattern to create a flat or plate.
Images are said to be stepped across the film or plate.
- Stitch
-
A staple or metal fixing used to hold the sections of a
document together.
- Stocking Paper
-
Popular sizes,
weights and colours of papers available for prompt delivery from a merchant's
warehouse.
- Stock Order
-
Order for paper that a mill
or merchant sends to a printer from inventory at a warehouse, as compared to a
mill order.
- String Score
-
Score created by pressing a
string against paper, as compared to scoring using a metal edge.
- Strip
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To assemble images on film for platemaking. Stripping
involves correcting flaws in film, assembling pieces of film into flats and
ensuring that film and flats register correctly. Also called film assembly
and image assembly.
- Style Copy
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A sample of a
(usually previously printed) document included with a job for the purpose of
producing a document with the same characteristics and feel. Not to be confused
with Customer's Copy, the style copy is a guide only.
- Substance
Weight
-
Alternate term for basis weight, usually referring to bond
papers. Also called sub weight.
- Stumping (Blocking)
-
In the bookwork field, hot die, foil or other means in creating an
image on a case bound book.
- Substrate
-
Any surface or
material on which printing is done.
- Subtractive Colour
-
Colour produced by light reflected from a surface, as compared to additive
colour. Subtractive colour includes hues in colour photos and colours created
by inks on paper.
- Subtractive Primary Colour
-
Yellow,
magenta and cyan. In the graphic arts, these are known as process colours
because, along with black, they are the inks colours used in process-process
printing.
- Supercalendered Paper
-
Paper calendered
using alternating chrome and fibre rollers to produce a smooth, thin sheet.
- Surprint
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Taking an already printed matter and
re-printing again on the same.
- Swatch Book
-
A book in
a variety of forms, indicating specific stock in specific colours in a specific
thickness.
- SWOP (Specification for Web Offset Publications)
-
Specifications recommended for web printing of publications.
- Systems
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Generic term used to refer to the Miles typesetting
administration department.