Book Printing: Endsheets, Endpapers
Endsheets (AKA Endpapers) are paper sheets that are used to finish the insides of covers in hardcover (hardback) books. Hardcover books typically have covers made from thick paperboard that is…
Book Printing: Margins
Margins are the empty spaces that surround book (page) content; there will be margins on all four sides of each page: top, bottom, inner and outer. Margins are sometimes referred…
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Printing Terminology: Sealed Edge or Flush Cut Lamination
When seeking to have a piece laminated, there are a couple of laminating options to consider before choosing the method most appropriate to your needs. Sealed Edge Lamination As its…
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Print Terminology: Duplex and Simplex Printing
While many printed pieces are printed on both sides, not every kind of printing press includes that process as an automated function. Duplex Printing Duplex printing is the term used…
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Printing Terminology: Envelope Converting
Like many ubiquitous items we use in our everyday lives, envelopes (regardless of size or type) have to be manufactured before they can be put to use. The manufacturing of…
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Print Terminology: Buck Slip
Buck Slips are small marketing pieces typically included as inserts in mailings. Commonly measuring 8.5” x 3.5” (roughly the size of a dollar bill, hence the name) or smaller, effective…
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Printing Terminology: What is Royalty-Free Stock Photography?
Prior to the rise of the internet and the development of digital photography in the 1990s, if you were a company or organization wanting to use high-quality photographs in your…
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Print Terminology: Paper Scoring
Scoring is the procedure used to produce a crease in a substrate so it can be easily bent or folded. In professional / commercial printing, scoring is applied to items…
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Printing Terminology: A-Series Paper Sizes
If you’ve ever visited a library or bookstore in recent years and looked at magazines and books, you’ll undoubtedly notice numerous publications produced and printed in Great Britain or other…
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Print Terminology: What is Drilling?
When you have a stack of papers you want to put in a 3-hole binder, you use a 3-hole punch to make the properly distributed holes. But if you're a…