Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Non-Heatset
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A printing process on a web press where the ink, that is applied to the paper, dries without the use of a heating process.
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- Non-Impact
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- Non-Impact Printers
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A printer that creates an image without the use of impacting, such as laser printers, ink jet printers, thermal printers and photocopiers.
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- Non-Impact Printing
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Printing accomplished by a spray of ink or toner, or the result of a chemical reaction, opposed to the image being the result of impact applied to a ribbon.
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- Non-Integrated Mill
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A paper mill that does not have an on-site pulp mill and must purchase all the pulp it requires.
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- Non-Net
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During the existence of the Net Book Agreement, not subject to a price established by the publisher, particularly used of educational textbooks.
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- Non-Prime Label
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A label that does not contain the main product identification but contains supportive information. It is generally located on the sides or back of the product and may be smaller than the primary label. Also referred to as a secondary label.
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- Non-Read Ink
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Ink that has a high reflectance, preventing it from being detected by an optical scanner. Non-Read ink is used for information that you do not want to interfere with the data reading.
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- Non-Repro Pencil
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A light blue pencil that is used to mark up layouts and which cannot be reproduced by a platemaking camera.
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- Non-Reproducible Colors
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- Non-Woven Materials
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Usually refers to paper ‘tissues’ or synthetics such as tynek.
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- Nonimage Area
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Any area, on an artboard, negative or plate, that is not to have any printing.
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- Nonpareil
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Unit of measurement equal to one-half of a pica or six points.
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- Nonrepro Blue
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A light blue color that can not be photographically reproduced, generally used for marking notes or crop marks on layouts. Also known as nonphoto blue.
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- Nonwoven
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Fabric-like material made from long fibers, bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment.
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- Normal Lens
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A lens that makes the image in a photograph appear in perspective similar to that of the original scene. A normal lens has a shorter focal length and a wider field of view than a telephoto lens, and a longer focal length and narrower field of view than a wide-angle lens.
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- Normal Lens
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A lens that makes the image in a photograph appear in perspective similar to that of the original scene.
A normal lens has a shorter focal length and a wider field of view than a telephoto lens, and a longer focal length and narrower field of view than a wide-angle lens.
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- Notching
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A technique used to improve the bind on perfect-bound books. Small notches are cut along the binding edge to increase the edge area available when the book is glued.
Normally it is used with coated or calendered paper to improve the bind (see, The Photobook Binding Challenge White Paper).
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- Novelty
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A book or book-related toy either involving the use of paper engineering or diecut to an unusual shape; almost always aimed at the children’s market.
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- NP
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- NRIC
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Negative Returned In Cassette
Required Advanced Photo System feature that returns processed film in its original, closed cassette; liberates consumers from the hassle of storing and handling film negatives.
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- NSAPI
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- Nth-Name Select
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A random selection process that is the most accurate way of getting a true representation of your list.
To find the Nth-name samples you divide the number of names on the list by the number of of test samples being sent. Example: 500,000 names divided by 20,000 samples = 25.
The N is 25, meaning samples would be sent to every 25th name on the list.
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- NTSC
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Video Out Cable
An image transfer device or computer connection used primarily for preview purposes.
A camera may have an analog video output terminal which connects to a computer or television monitor allowing images to be viewed, inspected, and discarded to make room for more images in the camera.
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- Null Characters
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Characters added to a data stream that will not affect its information content.
It is sometimes necessary to use null characters to satisfy timing requirements or to fill in portions of message fields that are unused but must be filled in.
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- Numeric
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Information expressed by numbers only, opposed to information that is alphanumeric which is expressed in both letters and numbers.
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