Category
page 1Print production

bookbinding
thumb|A traditional bookbinder at work
thumb|Bookbinder's type holder
prepress
Prepress is the term used in the printing and publishing industries for the processes and procedures that occur between the creation of a print layout and the final printing. The prepress process includes the preparation of artwork for press, media selection, proofing, quality control checks and the production of printing plates if required. The artwork is quite often provided by the customer as a print-ready PDF file created in desktop publishing.
Computer to plate
Imaging technology used in printing
imposition
Imposition is one of the fundamental steps in the prepress printing process. It consists of the arrangement of the printed product's pages on the printer's sheet, in order to obtain faster printing, simplify binding and reduce paper waste.
Book folding
how paper is folded industrially
registration
in color printing, the precise aligning of plates or stencils, usually by means of special marks
Job Definition Format
technical standard
Computer to film
printing process
Trap
printing technique to overcome registration problems
prepress proofing
usually serves as an agreement between customer and printer and as a color reference guide for adjusting the press before the final press run
folding machine
machine used for folding paper
book trimming
Stage in book production process
Imagesetter
REDIRECT Computer to film
paste-up
copy prepared for photographing to make a printing plate