Fine Print

Fine Print Knowledge Center

The online guide to print and design.

Introduction
A Brief History of Printing
PrePress
Planning and Strategy
Design Tips
Color Management
File Submission
Proofing
Materials and Stocks
Inks
Platemaking
Types of Printing
Offset Lithography
Digital Printing
Screen Printing
Gravure
Thermography
Flexography
Letterpress
Large Format
Specialty Printing
3D Printing
Promotional
Security Printing
Green Printing
Types of Finishes
Coatings
Binding
Folding
Scoring
Die Cutting
Embossing
Foil Stamping
Perforations
Corel Draw

This is a popular drawing program for the Windows market. We don’t support Corel Draw specifically but can usually import its files into Macromedia FreeHand or Adobe Illustrator if needed. Saving your drawings as an EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) file with all the type converted to graphics is another way we can accept this format.

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Corewood

Wood located in the centre of the trunk and often darker in colour than the surrounding wood

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Corner Copy

The copy located in the upper left corner of the mailing package, generally the return address.

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Corner Cut

A diagonal cut made at the corner of a business form.

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Corner Marks

Also known as Crop Marks – These are lines printed on a page to indicate where the page should be trimmed after the document is printed and bound. They are also used to show what part of a photo should be used and what part should be cropped off.

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Corner Radius

Describes the arc or curvature of the die blades where they meet so that they can impart a rounded corner to a die cut label.

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Corona

The element that cleans the photoconductive drum or belt of an electrophotographic system after an image is printed.

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Corona Treatment

Altering the surface characteristics by exposing the surface to a high voltage discharge (corona) resulting in an increase in surface energy (dyne level).

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Corrected Bill of Lading

In shipping/receiving, bill of lading requiring any update that results in money, or other financially related charges.

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Correction Character

For the POSTNET bar code, a digit that is added to the existing digits in the ZIP Code to create a multiple total of 10. It is displayed as five bars that are imprinted directly in front of the right frame bar in the POSTNET bar code.

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Correspondence Papers

Paper having an attractive finish and a good writing surface.

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Corrugated

Characteristic of board for boxes made by sandwiching fluted kraft paper between sheets of paper or cardboard.

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Corrugated Board

Container board consisting of one or several fluted filler boards (corrugating medium), glued to a surface layer of liners (kraftliner, testliner) consisting of one or several layers, used in containers

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Cotton Content Paper

Paper made from cotton fibers rather than wood pulp.

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Cotton Fiber

Cotton is a natural fiber and one of the strongest and most durable fibers. Generally, given reasonable care, one can expect one year of usable life for every 1% of cotton contained in the sheet. Typically cotton fiber papers are made of either all cotton fiber (100% cotton) or a blend of cotton and wood pulp

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Cotton Fibers

Cotton cuttings, free of synthetic fibers, purchased from the textile industry. They are the main source of cotton fibers used in manufacturing cotton content paper.

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Cotton Linters

The fine, silky fibers which remain adhered to the seeds of the cotton plant after ginning, including parts of the longer textile fibers, or “lint,” as well as coarse, short fuzz fibers in most upland species of the plant. When purified, linters are used in the manufacture of paper. They can be used to replace from 5 to 35% of the rag content of fine papers with little or no loss of strength. Linters improve uniformity and the color properties of paper, and also provide a cleaner, bulkier sheet.

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Cotton Paper

Paper made with a minimum of 25% cotton fiber. Fox River and Gilbert offer a wide choice of writing papers made with anywhere from 25% to 100% cotton fibers, including recycled options with cotton and post consumer waste. Cotton is recognized by the EPA as recovered materials/fibers.

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Coupon

A removable label or slip of paper which has some type of redeemable value.

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Courtesy/Credit Line

A small line of type next to a photo or illustration that indicates its source and/or the photographer’’s or artist’’s name. Sometimes a Copyright notice is included.

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Cover Paper

A paper product with a grammage that is higher than paper, but lower than cardboard.

A distinction is made between single-layer and multilayer board. In the U.S., paperboard is often called “cover paper”.

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Cover Stock/Paper

A stiff heavyweight paper used when durability is a concern. It is used on items such as postcards, covers, menus, posters, announcements, folders and business cards. Some cover stocks have matching text or bond paper available. The thickness of cover stock is generally indicated by 80lb, 100lb, and 120lb. Cover Stcok can be as heavy as 200lb.

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Cover Wrap

An additional cover, usually a 4 page signature that gets stitched or bound onto the original cover of a finished product. The cover wrap is the outermost part of a finished product.

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Coverage

The amount of ink printed on a sheet. Generally indicated by percentage.

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CP Strip

Special thermal strip designed to let you bind books that are printed on smooth papers, or are printed with a laser printer that uses fuser oil.

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CPIA

The Canadian Printing Industries Association

The Canadian Printing Industries Association is the national voice of the pre-press, press and allied printing industries in Canada.

Since 1939, the Association has served as the collective body to represent the interests of its member firms for policy formation, regulation and legislation.

Through a network of Formally Affiliated Regional Associations (FARAs) across the country and related organizations, CPIA provides management and information services to enhance the efficiency and profitability of its member firms.

The Association also provides industry leaders with a forum for information exchange and acts as an effective voice when making representations to government.

http://www.cpia-aci.ca/

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CPISC

The Canadian Printing Industries Sector Council

The Canadian Printing Industries Sector Council is a national not-for-profit collaborative forum that addresses human resource issues within the printing industries.

CPISC was established in April 2006 through the Sectoral Partnerships Initiative of Human Resources and Social Development Canada.

Helping to build and support successful businesses in this exciting and vital industry is a key focus of CPISC. The guiding principle within CPISC is partnership, bringing together labour, business, education, and government to meet the current and future human resource development needs of the Canadian printing industry.

http://www.cpisc-csic.ca/

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CPU

Central Processing Unit

The “brain” of a computer which is responsible for processing data, making calculations, interpreting and executing instructions.

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CQ

An editing term and usually used in parenthesis next to a word. Signifies that this word is spelled correctly.

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CR

Carriage Return

The act of returning to the beginning of a line.

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