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- - - - Method of printing by using a squeegee to force ink through an assembly of mesh fabric and a stencil.
  - - - Method of printing using metal cylinders etched with millions of tiny wells that hold ink.
  - - - Method of printing from raised surfaces, either metal type or plates whose surfaces have been etched away from image areas. Also called block printing.
  - - - Method of printing using plates whose image areas attract ink and whose non image areas repel ink. Non image areas may be coated with water to repel the oily ink or may have a surface, such as silicon, that repels ink.
  - - - Method of printing using colourless resin powder that takes on the colour of underlying ink. Also called raised printing.
  - - - (1) Referring to an ink colour, one impression equals one press sheet passing once through a printing unit. (2) Referring to speed of a press, one impression equals one press sheet passing once through the press.
  - - - Perforating - Taking place on a press or a binder machine, creating a line of small dotted wholes for the purpose of tearing-off a part of a printed matter (usually straight lines, vertical or horizontal).
      - Score - To compress paper along a straight line so it folds more easily and accurately. Also called crease.
  - - - an operation performed commonly after printing and cutting to fold a press sheet into a signature
  - - - Embossing refers to the creation of an impression of some kind of design, decoration, lettering or pattern on another surface like paper, cloth, metal and even leather, to make a relief
  - - - Usually a custom ordered item to trim specific and unusual sized printing projects.
  - - - Process of combining multiple photographic images with overlapping felids of view to produce a segmented panorama or high resolution image
  - - - Usually in the book arena, but not exclusively, the joining of leafs or signatures together with either wire, glue or other means.
  - - - Liquid applied as a coating for protection and appearance.
  - - - Sticking together of printed sheets causing damage when the surfaces are separated.