Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Geodemographics
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Characteristics relating to the geographic region that a group of people live in and the demographic of that group.
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- Ghost Halftone
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A lightly printed halftone that will have solid copy printed over it.
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- Ghost Writer
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A professional writer who writes for another person and who does not get a byline or credit for his or her writing.
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- Ghosting
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A faint image on a printed sheet appearing in an area where it was not intended.
Mechanical ghosting develops a repeat image on the same side of the sheet due to a press condition, such as blanket problems and ink starvation.
Chemical ghosting develops as an image on the back side of a sheet, transferred from the front of the sheet below and occurs during the drying of the ink on paper.
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- GHz
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- Giclée
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An Iris print, the name derives from the French for “spurt.”
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- GIF
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Graphics Interchange Format
One of the two most popular file formats for graphics on the Internet, the other being JPEG. It is popular because it reduces the file size of the image. It supports black and white, color, and transparency. It is best suited for images containing large areas of the same color.
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- Giga
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- Gigabyte
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GB
Equals 1,073,741,824 bytes. 1 gigabyte of storage equals 1000 megabytes of storage.
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- Gigahertz
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- Gilding
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In book printing, the application of gold leaf to the edges of a book.
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- Gillotage
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A relief process made by transferring a lithographic image to a metal plate that is then etched to produce a relief plate. The term is also used inaccurately to indicate varieties of photomechanical relief printing.
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- Gilt
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All three outer edges of the pages of the book have been trimmed smooth and coated with gold leaf.
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- Gilt Edges
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GE
The edges of the pages of a book after they have been cut smooth and colored, usually with gold paint.
See also all Edges Gilt.
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- Glass
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- Glass Etching
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A process in which a piece of glass is covered with a template that has a design cut out of it. The glass is then sandblasted while the portion of the item not covered by the template is protected. The template image is thus etched into the glass.
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- Glassine
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1. A thin dense paper that is transparent or semi-transparent.
It is grease resistant. It has a slightly cloudy appearance.
It is often used as a patch over a die cut window on envelopes.
2. A strong, thin, glazed, semi-transparent paper that used to make protective covers for
books because it is, among other durable characteristics, grease and water resistant.
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- Glazing Emboss
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Term applied to a finished embossed area having a shiny or polished appearance. Most often this process involves heat that is applied with pressure in order to create a shined and burned impression into the stock.
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- Glitch
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A term which is used to describe a malfunction that is unexplained.
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- Global Search & Replace
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A feature that searches for repeated occurrences of a specified series of characters (character string) within a file.
Generally the feature allows you to either automatically replace the string with another string or it will give you an opportunity to decide if you want to replace it once it is found.
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- Global System for Mobile Communications
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GSM
The most popular standard for mobile phones in the world.
GSM service is used by over 2 billion people across more than 212 countries and territories.
The ubiquity of the GSM standard makes international roaming very common between mobile phone operators, enabling subscribers to use their phones in many parts of the world.
GSM differs significantly from its predecessors in that both signaling and speech channels are Digital call quality, which means that it is considered a second generation (2G) mobile phone system.
This fact has also meant that data communication was built into the system from the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
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- Gloss Finish
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A coating on paper that provides a higher reflection of light which results in a shiny appearance. Gloss coatings reduce ink absorption, which allows excellent contrast and color definition.
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- Gloss Ink
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An ink that contains extra varnish, which makes the ink appear glossy when printed.
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- Gloss Paper
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Paper with a gloss finish, usually used for higher quality printing.
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- Glossary
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- Glow
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A glow is the opposite of a shadow in that it creates a surrounding highlight of an image. A high radiance creates a soft, subtle glow and a low radiance creates a hard, bright glow, such as a neon glow.
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- Glue Applied Labels
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A label that does not have an adhesive layer. It is adhered to the product by glue being applied to the label or to the container during the application process. A cold glue or hot glue adhesive is used to apply the label.
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- Glue Tack
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A dot of glue applied to a form to help hold it together for future manufacturing processes. Commonly used for roll folded inserts or to hold a gate of a cover down. The glue tack is usually applied during the folding process.
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- Glued Timber Joint, Finger Joint
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Glued length-wise jointing of timber pieces used in load-bearing structures
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- Glued-On Cover
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