A proof used to check the result of the entire printing process. It is the most complex control tool in the printing process; its greatest advantage is that it provides a realistic impression of the final product, independent of the preprint process. Machine proofs come closest to the printed result when produced on the paper to be used for the print run.

Paper stock that is given its surface gloss while still inside the paper machine, a process known as calendering. Additional smoothness is sometimes achieved with supercalendering.

A series of commands performed by a single keystroke or function call that facilitates the input of complex commands

See "illustration printing paper".

The term given by Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG to a device used for inserting supplements into newspapers and magazines. The unit can process up to 30,000 copies an hour and can insert up to 80 different products. The Magnapak can insert and sort either in sequence or simultaneously, and has been designed without shafts for simple operation and minimal maintenance.

Inks that react to magnetic fields and thus, with the help of suitable sensors, can be used for machine-based identification of labels and other similar applications.

The historical terms for capital or upper-case letters.

One of the most prominent letterpress printers of the Italian Renaissance. In 1493, Manutius founded a print shop in Venice and subsequently published a series of compact and inexpensive but nevertheless highly scientific works from classical Greek, Latin and Italian authors. Around 1,000 copies of these “Aldines,” as they were known, were produced.

Paper with particularly good dimensional stability.

The free areas on a printed page between the edges of the text and the page edges. According to the position on the page, it is possible to distinguish between head, foot and side margins and the central gutter. When measuring the margin widths, ratios are often used. The gutter has a value of two and the other margin widths in the sequence head-side-foot are assigned values in relation to this.

Template on which the elements (such as headers, footers, page numbers, etc.) to appear on every page of a document are represented.

Term used to describe combinations of different media such as television, radio, Internet, newspapers and magazines for marketing and promotional purposes. The right mix is the one which best reaches the target audience

A unit of measurement equal to 1,024 kilobytes, or 1,048,576 bytes.

Phenomenon by which color samples with different spectra appear to match under a particular type of illuminant, although under other illuminants they show a color mismatch.

See "HWC".