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| Doctor Blade | In gravure printing, a knife-edged blade pressed against the etched printing cylinder to wipe away the excess ink from the nonprinting areas |
| Gravure | A printing process in which the image is etched below the surface of the printing plate. aka: intaglio |
| Image Area | That part of the plate which repels water and carries the ink to print the image |
| Letterpress | Aka Relief printing. The process of printing from a raised surface |
| Offset Lithography | The process of printing from a flat surface with the image and nonimage areas kept separated by chemistry… based on the concept that water and grease don’t mix. |
| Perfecting Press | A printing press that prints both sides of the paper in one pass |
| Sheet-fed press | A printing press that takes individual sheets of paper rather than rolls of paper. |
| Web-fed press | A press that prints from a roll of paper |
| Flexography | Modern relief printing process that prints from a curved or flexible plate containing images raised from the surface. |
| Electroplating | Electrical-chemical process used to coat gravure printing plates with copper. |
| Squeegee | A rubber or plastic blade used to force ink through the open areas of a screen printing stencil. |
| Digital Printing | Type of printing technology that receives electronic files (from computer) and uses spots (or dots) for reproduction. |
| Computer-to-plate | Technology that uses digital material (computer) to expose the printing plate without creating film intermediates. |
| Computer-to-Press | Technology that uses digital material (computer) to send the image directly to the press |
| Finishing | General term for the many operations carried out during and following printing such as cutting, folding, drilling, padding, etc. |
