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Printing Glossary Alphabetical List



This glossary of printing terms was created by people working in today's printing industry and is brought to you by MirPrint.com . It has been revised and edited and we have rewritten some technical descriptions in every day language to help the non technical person. Any suggestions that you may have on how we can improve this glossary will be carefully considered. Please send your comments and any new definitions to us at MirPrint.com.

 
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  • Natural Color
    Natural Color refers to antique, brown, cream, ivory, mellow-white and off-white colored paper. ...   Read More
 
 
  • Neutral Gray
    Neutral Gray is any shade of gray, running the gamut from white to black, that possesses no discernible color or hue, or which resembles a gray shade found on a gray scale. ...   Read More
 
 
  • Nipping
    Nipping is the compressing of the spine of a book prior to casing in. Nipping forces out air from the pages of a book block and also compensates for thread build-up. In contrast, smashing is the application of pressure to the entire surface of the book block. ...   Read More
 
 
  • Nonimpact Printing
    Non-impact printing is a printing process in which the imaging apparatus never comes into contact with the printed medium. ...   Read More
 
 
  • Nonreproducing Blue
    This term refers to a shade of blue that is invisible to photographic film and is thus used to mark guidelines, instructions, etc., on camera-ready copy. Also called blue pencil, drop-out blue, fade-out blue and nonrepro blue. ...   Read More
 
 
  • Novelty Printing
    Novelty Printing means printing on products such as coasters, pencils, balloons, golf balls, ashtrays, keychains, pens, trays etc. ...   Read More
 
 
 
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