Glossary of Terms
We take great pride in making our clients feel confident about their jobs during the production process. To help you gain a better understanding of what’s happening with your project, we’ve compiled a glossary of terms that we commonly use in our industry.
Glossary of Commonly Used Industry Terms
There are currently 18 names in this directory beginning with the letter W.
Walk-off
A term given to the occurrence of plate deterioration of the image area during the printing process; usually occurs on long runs.
Washup
The procedure of cleaning a particular ink from all of the printing elements (rollers, plate, ink fountain etc.) of a press.
Watermark
A translucent logo that is embossed during the papermaking process while the paper slurry is on the dandy roll. Reference, dandy roll
Web Press
Cylinder printing machine in which the paper is fed from a continuous reel, as opposed to sheet fed.
Widow
A single word or two left at the end of a paragraph, or a part of a sentence ending a paragraph, which loops over to the next page and stands alone. Also, the last sentence of a paragraph which contains only one or two short words.
Wipe On Plate
A plate on which is wiped a light sensitive coating by a coating device; usually the first step in this type of platemaking.