Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Finished Size
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The size of a printed product after all production operations have been completed.
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- Finishing
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Operations which happen to a document after it has left the press or printer. The finishing operations could include bindery work, such as folding, trimming, binding, die cutting, inserting or any post press process that must be completed.
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- Finishing Broke
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Discarded paper resulting from any finishing operation.
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- Firefox
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A free software/open source, cross-platform graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation.
Started as a fork of the browser component (Navigator) of the Mozilla Application Suite, Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the Mozilla Foundation’s flagship product.
Firefox is often abbreviated as FF; officially it is Fx or fx.
http://www.mozilla.org/
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- Firewall
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A system made up in either hardware or software, or a combination of both, that serve to permit or deny access to network resources.
Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet, especially intranets.
All messages entering or leaving the intranet pass through the firewall, which examines each message and blocks those that do not meet the specified security criteria.
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- FireWire
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Refers to a serial interface with a high transfer rate in compliance with US standard IEEE 1394. This standard specifies transfer rates up to a maximum of 400 Mbit per second, though higher rates have been proposed for standardization.
FireWire interfaces are often used for connecting video cameras and similar products to computers, and increasingly for mass storage devices, scanners and other peripherals.
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- Firewire Cable/Port
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An IEEE1394 connection allowing over 50 devices to be daisy-chained from a single port. It’’s speed is faster than parallel, serial, and USB (delivers 200 MBs for all devices or 25 MBs for single devices).
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- Firm Sale
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Books supplied on this basis may not be returned unsold by the bookseller.
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- First & Second Printing Before Publication
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This indicates the publisher was successful in promoting the book and had more orders before the actual publication date than the first printing quantity would cover, therefore a second printing was ordered.
Not a first edition.
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- First American Edition
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The first edition published in the U.S. of a book that was previously printed elsewhere.
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- First British Edition
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The first edition published in the United Kingdom of a book that was previously printed elsewhere. Also known as first U.K. edition.
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- First Class Mail
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A mail class that includes written or typed matter, actual and personal correspondence, statements and bills, and any other matter that is sealed or closed in some manner that does not allow inspection. Anything mailable can be sent First Class.
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- First Color Down
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The first color printed as the sheet passes through the press.
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- First Edition
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1. The first appearance of a work in book form.
Every printed book has a first edition but many never have later editions.
When book collectors use the term, they’re usually referring to the first printing and if there are different states or issues, the earliest of those. See also edition and high spot.
2. Name of one of the major systems suppliers for Electronic Data Interchange.
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- First Edition Thus
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An edition of a work that postdates the first edition and contains some modification to the work.
The modification might be a new introduction, added illustrations, new supplement, new format, and/or a revision of the text.
It can also refer to a first edition of the work by another publisher.
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- First Pressman
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In the pressroom, the First Pressman is in charge of all functions, operations and personnel on his or her press. The First Pressman is responsible for registration and quality in general of product produced.
Normal duties also include supervision of weekly maintenance of the press and assisting in the training process for all press personnel.
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- First Read Rate
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The percentage representing the number of successful reads per 100 attempts.
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- First Separate Edition
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The first appearance as a complete book or pamphlet of a work that has previously appeared as part of another book.
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- First Serial Rights
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The right to publish a serialized version of a work before the work in its entirety is actually published.
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- First Thus
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Means not a first edition, but something is new. It may be revised, have a new introduction by the author or someone else, be the first publication in paperback form, or first by another publisher.
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- First Trade Edition
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The edition produced for general commercial sale, as distinguished from a limited edition.
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- Fish Eyes
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Round or oval deformations in an adhesive, coating or ink.
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- Fist
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A symbol used in printing to indicate the index; seen as a pointing finger on a hand ”+”.
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- Fit
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The registration of the different colors on a printed sheet.
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- Five knife Trim
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The term used when trimming apart two up double digest work on a saddle stitcher. Five separate knives are needed to trim books to the final size.
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- Fixed Beam Scanner
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A stationary bar code scanner which employs a stationary light beam to read bar code symbols. Since the light beam is stationary, the barcode must be moved through the light beam to be read.
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- Fixed Costs
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Costs that remain the same regardless of how many pieces are printed. Copyrighting, photography and design are fixed costs.
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- Fixed Field
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A field which can contain only a specific number of characters.
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- Fixed Focus
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A specific range of area is selected by the digital camera manufacturer to serve for the camera’’s focus. This may be 5 feet and beyond for which the focus is fixed and cannot be altered.
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- Fixed Font
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Font in which all characters take up the same amount of space.
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