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Glossary of Printing Terms

Interpolated Resolution

Optical Resolution

Polyester Plates

Polyethylene (PE)

Polypropylene (PP)

Polypropylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG)

Polystyrene (PS)

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Portable Document Format/X (PDF/X)

Portable Job Ticket Format (PJTF)

Post Office Protocol (POP)

Post-Consumer Waste

Postal Certification

Pre-Consumer Waste

Precanceled Stamps

Preprinted Form

Press Numbering

Pressure Sensitive

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive

Pressure Sensitive Labels

Pressure Sensitive Paper

Pressure Sensitive Tape

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

Print Description Language (PDL)

Print On Demand (POD)

Printer Spreads

Prismatic Printing

Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM)

Process Color Printing

Process Color Separations

Programming Language

Progressive JPEG

Progressive Proof

Promotional Mailer

Proofreaders Marks

Proportion Scale

Proportional Spacing

Proprietary System

Protective Coating

Public Domain Software

Public Key Encryption

Publication Printer

QWERTY keyboard

Quad Center Line

RFM (Recency/Frequency/Monetary)

Rainbow Fountain

Random Watermark

Random-Access Memory (RAM)

Raster Image File Format (RIFF)

Raster Image Processor (RIP)

Read-Only Memory (ROM)

Read/write Head

Red-eye Reduction Mode

Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)

Redundancy Check

Reflection Density Range

Reflective Copy

Registered Emboss

Relief Printing

Remote Bar Coding System (RBCS)

Remote Execution Protocol (REXEC)

Remote Job Entry (RJE)

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

Remote Proofing

Removable Adhesive

Reply Address Envelope (RAE)

Reply Card Paper

Report Distribution System (RDS)

Repositionable Adhesive

Request for Comments (RFC)

Return On Investment (ROI)

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)

Reverse Printing

Reverse Sequence

Rich Text Format (RTF)

Right Angle Fold

Round Cornering

Rubylith (ruby)

SGML Document Interchange Format

Saddle Stitching

Sans Serif Type

Satin Finish Paper

Schopper''s Tester

Scorching Emboss

Screen Printing

Second Class Mail

Secondary Color

Secondary Label

Sectional Center Facility (SCF)

Secure Document

Secure Hypertext Transport Protocol (S-HTTP)

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

Security Software

Self Contained (SC) Paper

Self Contained CB (SC CB) Paper

Self-Adhesive Label

Serial Cable/Port

Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)

Service Temperature

Sewn Case Binding

Sewn Soft Cover Binding

Shrink Wrapping

Shutter Priority

Side Wire Stitching

Silicone Coating

Silicone Treated Paper

Silkscreen Printing

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

Simulated Watermark

Single Face Carbon

Single Sheet Products

Skip Perforation

Sleep Modes (Powering Down)

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)

Smudge Resistance

Soft or Discretionary Hyphen

Solvent Resistance

Solvent or Chemical Reactive Ink

Specifications for Non-Heatset Advertising Printing (SNAP)

Specifications for Web Offset Publications (SWOP)

Spectrodensitometer

Spectrophotometer

Spiral Laid Lines

Spot or Partial Metering

Stain Resistance

Stamped Reply Envelope (SRE)

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

Standard Mail (A)

Standard Page Description Language (SPDL)

Start/Stop Characters

Static Electricity

Static Eliminator

Step and Repeat

Stochastic Screening

Stock Sizes and Weights

Stretch Resistance

Structured Query Language (SQL)

Substance Weight

Substance Weight

Subsurface Printing

Subtractive Color

Subtractive Primary Colors

Sunlight Resistance

Supercalendered

Surface Texture

Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS)

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)

Synthetic Paper

Tab Delimited File

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)

Tagged Image File Format for Image Technology (TIFF/IT)

Tagged Image File Format for Image Technology Profile 1 (TIFF/IT P-1)

Tamper Evident Label

Tensile Strength

Textile Adhesive

Thermal Binding

Thermal Printer

Thermal Transfer

Thermal Transfer Labels

Thermochromic Ink

Third Class Mail

Tone Compensation

Tone Compression

Traditional Color Angles

Translucent Paper

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Transparent Ink

Transparent Label

Trimmer Assembly

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

Turnaround Time

Twenty-four-Bit Color or 24-Bit Color

USB Cable/Port (Universal Serial Bus)

UV Invisible Fluorescent Ink

Ultra-Removable Adhesive

Uncalendered Paper

Under Color Addition (UCA)

Under Color Removal (UCR)

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI)

Universal Printer Interface (UP3I)

Universal Product Code (UPC)

Unsharp Masking

Upgradable Mail

User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

Value Added Network (VAN)

Variable Imaging

Vector Graphics

Video Conferencing

Video Out Cable (NTSC or PAL)

Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML)

Visible Infared Ink

Visible Security Fibers

Visible Spectrum

Void Pantograph

Wallet Flap Envelope

Water Fugitive Ink

Waterless Printing

Watermark - Artificial

Watermark - True

Web Services Description Language (WSDL)

Web Services Flow Language (WSFL)

Wide Angle Lens

Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS)

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Window Envelopes

Work and Tumble

World Wide Web (WWW)

Wrap Around Cover

Wrap Around Label

Write Once, Read Many (WORM)

Wrong Reading Image

Xerographic Bond

ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) Code

Zig-zag Folding

eProduction eCommerce eXchange (PCX)

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