Jargon buster
Print terminology can be confusing and intimidating. It's one of the reasons you'll always be able to speak to someone over the phone at Bishops to help you.
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Magenta
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A violet-red or purplish-red colour, magenta is one of the four process colours. The others are cyan, yellow and (key) black.
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Make-ready
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The work associated with the set-up of printing equipment before running a job.
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Matt
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A non glossy finish.
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Metal plate
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A metal sheet with a specially coated 'emulsion' on its surface which, when exposed through a film mask or by CTP process, will produce an image. When the plate is loaded onto a printing press it then reproduces this image using inks onto the paper.
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Micrometer
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Instrument used for measuring the thickness of paper.
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Moiré pattern
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An undesirable grid-like pattern caused by the misalignment of dots on a printed document. this can occur when printing or sometimes when scanning from pre-printed material.