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Incentive: Reward for a purchase or performance; as it applies to promotional products, it could be, depending on the response required, an ad specialty, premium or prize.

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Included Angle: The included angle is double the cutting angle.

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Incubator: The term used to describe various methods of support for new companies to enable them to establish themselves in the marketplace. Professionals providing these services are usually paid in the form of shares in the new company.

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Incunabula: A book printed, with moveable type, during the earliest period of printing.

Commonly refers to books published before the year 1501.

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Incunabulum/Incunabula: Term derived from Latin for works made using a movable letter technique prior to the 16th century.

It is estimated that between 27,000 and 40,000 works were produced with this method in the 15th century.

Incunabula usually have no title page, and there is often no reference to the printer, or year.

Since it is assumed that early printers also produced their own type, the origin of incunabula can be determined by comparing the type used.

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Independent Field Report: Reports researched by an independent field service organization under a contract with a publisher.

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InDesign: Software package from Adobe for computer layout and typesetting comparable to QuarkXPress.

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Index: An alphabetical listing of names or topics, with the citation of page numbers, to facilitate quick reference to the contents of the work. The index is located at the back in a book. For series and journals, it is usually published after the volume is completed and is usually found in the last issue.

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Index Bristol: A relatively thick paper stock; basis size—-25 1/2×30 1/2.

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Index Holes: See feed slots.

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Index Punch: See feed slots.

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India Ink: A black ink used for drawing and preparing artwork for reproduction.

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India Paper: An extremely thin, yet relatively opaque paper, used to help reduce the bulk of what would otherwise be a book of unwieldy size.

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Indicias: Mailing permit imprints that are preprinted on envelopes, mailing cartons, etc.

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Industrial Design: Industrial design is an applied art, meaning that function takes precedence over aesthetic appeal.

Of concern however are physical appeal, shape, relationship of details, quality of materials, colors, texture, sound and comfort to the user.

Also to qualify under this definition, the product must be made by an industrial method and not a fine-art studio approach.

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Industrial Hygiene: Programs within EHS management systems that are designed to protect employees from workplace hazards.

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Industrial Papers: A term used to denote papers such as janitorial, sanitary or heavy packing papers.

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Infeed NIP: A mechanism designed to control the forward travel of the web into the press.

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Information and Communication(s) Technology: ICT

In particular, IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information.

For that reason, computer professionals are often called IT specialists/ consultants or Business Process Consultants, and the division of a company or university that deals with software technology is often called the IT department.

Also known as Infomation Technology (IT).

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Information Page: A static web page that is designed, coded, and written primarily for a target audience but formatted for optimal search engine and directory positioning.

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Information Technology: IT

In particular, IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information.

For that reason, computer professionals are often called IT specialists/ consultants or Business Process Consultants, and the division of a company or university that deals with software technology is often called the IT department.

Also known as Information and Communication(s) Technology (ICT).

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Infrared: The band of light wavelengths too long to be seen by the human eye. Represented by waves that are between 750 and 4 million nanometers.

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Infringement: When another party besides the copyright owner reproduces a copyrighted work, in whole or in part, without the copyright owner’s permission.

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Ingredients of Paper: Paper is composed of cellulose fibers such as from wood or cotton and additives, such as fillers, dyes and sizing.

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Initial: A letter placed at the beginning of a text, which appears larger and/or in a different font. In old handwritten material, initials are characterized by special colors and decorative elements. The first initial can be found in Greek and Copt scripts from the fourth century.

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Initial Cap: A capital letter at the beginning of a paragraph that rests on the first baseline and rises above the x-height of the other letters.

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Initial Tack: The measure of instant adhesion a pressure sensitive label has when applied to a surface.

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Ink Absorption: Extent of ink penetration into paper.

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Ink Acceptance: The amount of printing ink absorbed by the paper during printing. It may have an effect on the print quality and must be taken into consideration during preparations for the print run.

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Ink Balance: Relationship of the densities and dot gains of process inks to each other and to a standard density of neutral gray

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