Jargon Buster

Print terminology can be confusing and intimidating when you don’t understand it. If you can’t find the term you’re looking for, please call us on 023 9233 4900 and we’ll be pleased to help.

Job ticket / job sheet

Alternate names for a works order. Bishops Printers uses a job ticket to track your job as it moves around the factory.

Jog

To shake a stack of papers, either on a machine or by hand, so that the edges line up. Also referred to as knocking-up.

JPEG

Joint Photographic Electronic Group. A common standard for compressing image data.

Justified

Text which is flush to both the left and right margins.