Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- CAPP
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- Caps
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- Caps and Small caps
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A style of type that shows capital letters used in the normal way while the body copy is set in capital letters which are of a slightly smaller size.
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- Capsule Damage
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Damage occurs when excessive pressure or friction is applied to the CB coating on carbonless paper, causing capsules to burst and release chemicals prematurely.
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- Caption
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- Caption/Cutline
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- Capture
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The series of steps you must perform to change paper documents into digital ones before storing them. This can include scanning, image editing, and quality control.
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- Carbide
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An extremely hard material manufactured primarily from tungsten and cobalt. Its hardness and abrasion resistance qualities make it suitable for a variety of cutting tool and wear part applications. Carbide is generally recommended for the majority of engraving cutter applications due to its toughness and long life characteristics.
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- Carbon Black
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- Carbon Dummy
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Used to check the impression quality of a multiple part form. The dummy is made up of the same paper and carbon that will be used on the finished form.
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- Carbon Paper
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1.Lightweight tissue paper that has been coated with a carbon ink that will transfer an image to another sheet when pressure is applied
2.This consists of two sheets of paper, the underside of the top sheets (called CB for coated back) is coated with colourless dye in minute gelatine capsules. The underneath sheet (CF coated front) is coated with a reactive chemical which turns blue or black when mixed with the colourless dye. Pressure from a pen or typewriter on the top sheet causes the gelatine capsules to break, the dye and chemical then mix and the blue or black copy appears on the bottom sheet. There is also an intermediate paper (CFB coated front and back), used between the top and bottom sheets to make multi-part sets. Some types of carbonless paper are not separately coated but incorporate both parts of the dye mechanism within the one sheet.
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- Carbon Print
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The first permanent photographic printing process used between 1866 to 1890. Made in three different tones: black, purple-brown, sepia. It is made by using 3 layers of stable pigment in registration on top of each other and requires a minimum of 12 hours to create a single print. Carbon prints are highly sought after and rare.
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- Carbon Tissue
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A color printing process utilizing pigmented gelatin coatings on paper, which become the resist for etching gravure plates or cylinders.
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- Carbonize
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Applying a carbon coating to paper to enable data entered on the face of one sheet to transfer to the following sheet. The coating is applied to the back side of the paper stock and is commonly used in forms work on applications such as multiple part mailers.
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- Carbonless Paper
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A paper that is most often used for multiple part forms. It contains a chemical coating on the front side (designated as CF) or on the back side (designated as CB), or on both sides (designated as CFB). When a handwritten or machine impression occurs on the first sheet of multiple parts, the impression transfers from one page or ply to the next due to the bursting of tiny microcapsules in the chemical coating used to release a darkened copy of the impression occuring on the first sheet.
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- Card Deck
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Postcard-sized printed advertisements purchased by advertisers, organized and sponsored by publishers and mailed to subscribers of a mag-azine in a prepackaged group, usually to a specific demographic breakdown.
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- Card Rate
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- Card Stock
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Also called cover stock.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. The thickness of card stock is generally indicated in point sizes such as 7 pt. or 10-pt card.
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- Cardboard
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A heavyweight sheet generally made from waste paper and has a thickness of more than .006. Used when stiffness is required.
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- Caret Marks
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An indication to the printer of an ommission in the copy indicated as ( ) showing the insertion.
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- Carrier
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1. In reference to direct mail, it is the package used to hold the pieces to the direct mail program, such as an envelope, box, tube or polybag.
2. In reference to integrated and affixed products, it is the continuous or laser sheet that the card or label is affixed to or integrated into.
3. In reference to pressure sensitive labels, it is the layer that holds the adhesive and facestock until time of application. Also referred to as the liner.
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- Carrier Card
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A tag board strip glued with fugitive glue to a booklet, insert or form. The strip is wider than a magna strip and can be folded, creating a hanger for a saddle stitched book. The booklet, insert or form can be removed at a later time leaving only the carrier card in the main book. This process also allows an insert, booklet or form with a closed end to be jogged away from a trim area preventing a fold from being trimmed open.
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- Carrier Envelope
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The outer envelope used to delivery the direct mail package.
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- Carrier Route
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The addresses to which a carrier delivers mail. In common usage, carrier route includes city routes, rural routes, highway contract routes, post office box sections, and general delivery units.
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- Carrier Sheet
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A continuous or laser form that acts as a carrier for another product, such as labels, cards and envelopes.
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- Carton
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A corrugated container used for shipping or storing products.
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- Cartridge Paper
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Slightly rough coated or uncoated printing surfaced paper used for a variety of graphic purposes such as envelopes. Generally noted for good dimensional stability, high opacity and good bulk.
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- Case
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Covers and spine that, as a unit, enclose the pages of a casebound book.
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- Case Binding
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To bind using glue to hold signatures to a case made of binder board covered with fabric, plastic or leather. Also called cloth bind, edition bind, hard bind and hard cover.
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- Case Sensitive
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A condition in which data entries must conform to a specific case, such as lowercase, uppercase, or mixed-case formats in order to be valid.
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