Print Glossary
Listed below in our Print Glossary are the common terms used within the printing industry in everyday speak as well as a few definitions and explanations that will be of great help to you. If you ever wondered what is meant when a job 'bleeds' or when a 'dummy' is needed, then here is your chance to wise up on printers' jargon.
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Kerning |
Adjusting the spaces between letters |
Keylines |
Lines on mechanical art that show position of photographs or illustrations |
Knocking Up |
To make the edges of a pile of paper or board straight, regular or flush; To straighten the edges of a handful of paper flush |
Knockout |
To mask out an image; Because printing inks are not completely opaque, printing one ink over another will create a third colour. To avoid this, a knockout, or unprinted area, in the shape of the foreground object is left in the colour plates that make up the background. The danger is that a gap may appear between the foreground object and its background if misregistration occurs during printing |
