Fine Print

Fine Print Knowledge Center

The online guide to print and design.

Introduction
A Brief History of Printing
PrePress
Planning and Strategy
Design Tips
Color Management
File Submission
Proofing
Materials and Stocks
Inks
Platemaking
Types of Printing
Offset Lithography
Digital Printing
Screen Printing
Gravure
Thermography
Flexography
Letterpress
Large Format
Specialty Printing
3D Printing
Promotional
Security Printing
Green Printing
Types of Finishes
Coatings
Binding
Folding
Scoring
Die Cutting
Embossing
Foil Stamping
Perforations
Unipod

A one-legged support used to hold the camera steady.

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Unit

1. A term that most typesetting systems refer to as the smallest increments in size and width of characters that is possible.

2. A complete station on a press that consists of an inking system, plate cylinder, blanket cylinder and impression cylinder.

Each color being printed uses a unit on the press.

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Unit Set

A multiple part form that is fastened together in a perforated stub.

The individual parts are detached at the perforation.

Each form is an individual set, opposed to continuous forms that are attached to each other in a continuous stream.

Instead of a perforated stub, the parts could be fastened by edge gluing.

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Unit Sets

A multiple part form that is fastened together in a perforated stub.

The individual parts are detached at the perforation.

Each form is an individual set, opposed to continuous forms that are attached to each other in a continuous stream.

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United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization

UNESCO

A specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945.

Its stated purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the UN Charter.

In total, 191 nations belong to UNESCO. The organization is based in Paris, with over 50 field offices and several institutes and offices throughout the world.

Most of the field offices are “cluster” offices covering three or more countries; there are also national and regional offices. UNESCO pursues its action through five major programmes: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information.

Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programmes; international science programmes; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects, the promotion of cultural diversity; international cooperation agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage and to preserve human rights; and attempts to bridge the world-wide digital divide.

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United States Copyright Office

USCO

United States Copyright Office is an organization “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries” (U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8)

USCO

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Universal Description, Discovery and Integration

UDDI

A specification for development of global online directories and registries of Web services.

UDDI allows organizations to register their technical specifications (such as integration profiles and capabilities) and then identify the specifications of others.

This will enable universal interoperability of B2B transactions for a variety of e-business services.

Three types of information are registered:

1) Company names and primary services offered.

2) the company category based geographical location and SIC code universally used by U.S. government and United Nations.

3) company interactions with other companies.

http://www.uddi.org.

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Universal Printer Interface

UP3I

This standard allows high-speed digital output devices such as Xerox Docutechs, Xeikons, Heidleberg DI presses and similar, to receive open workflows so that document processing and output functions (both pre and post processing) are not restricted to a proprietary format.

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Universal Product Code

UPC

A 12 digit unique article number which is bar coded on products used by the grocery and retail industries. Supersets to UPC are EAN, Jan, Bookland and ISSN bar codes.

EAN bar codes are used in Europe and JAN bar codes are used in Japan.

Bookland bar codes are used on books and ISSN bar codes are used on magazines.

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UNIX

An operating system designed for multi-user, multi-task systems where many people will use the system at one time. UNIX has TCP/IP built into it.

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Unjustified

When the left, right or both margins of text or type are not aligned.

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Unopened

A book that has been left in the beginning stages of its binding process or it was issued in this manner.

The folded edges of the signatures have not been cut open for reading.

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UNPAG

Unpaginated

The pages are not numbered (although each signature may be designated by letter).

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Unpaginated

UNPAG

The pages are not numbered (although each signature may be designated by letter).

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Unsharp Masking

A color separation and manipulation technique that is used to increase the overall contrast at the edges of density or color changes.

This can be done either electronically or photographically.

The location where the color changes occur is found and the tones and colors are adjusted to create a more definite change. Whether done electronically or photographically, unsharp masking increases the overall detail of an image.

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Untreated Paper

Paper with no additional protective layer.

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UP3I

Universal Printer Interface

This standard allows high-speed digital output devices such as Xerox Docutechs, Xeikons, Heidleberg DI presses and similar, to receive open workflows so that document processing and output functions (both pre and post processing) are not restricted to a proprietary format.

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UPC

Universal Product Code

A 12 digit unique article number which is bar coded on products used by the grocery and retail industries. Supersets to UPC are EAN, Jan, Bookland and ISSN bar codes.

EAN bar codes are used in Europe and JAN bar codes are used in Japan.

Bookland bar codes are used on books and ISSN bar codes are used on magazines.

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Upcharge

An extra charge that is added in addition to the standard price.

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Upgradable Mail

First Class Mail and Standard Mail (A) that meets OCR requirements so that it can be processed on a multiline optical character reader to have a bar code applied.

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Upload

Copying files from your computer to that of a remote computer

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Upper Case

The capital letters of the alphabet.

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UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

A backup power supply used in the event of a power line failure.

A UPS may consist of batteries, a generator, or it may consist of both.

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Upstream

A kind of transmission in which information or data is fed from an end user to a server.

See downstream

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Upstyle

The use of capital letters on all words in a phrase, except articles, prepositions, and small conjunctions.

Upstyle ignores standard rules of grammar.

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URL

Uniform Resource Locator

Commonly referred to as a web address, URL is computer notation representing the location of a user, host, device, or information on a network.

The human-readable address of a source of data located on the World Wide Web

It usually appears as http://www.(name).com.

There can also be addresses that include a /(filename) after the ”.com” reference.

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US Paper Sizes

US standard sizes include the following:

A (8.5” x 11”), B (11” x 17”), C (17” x 22”), D (22” x 34”), E (34” x 44”), executive (7.25” x 10.5”), and legal (8.5” x 14”). ’’A’’ size is also referred to as ’’letter’’, and ’’B’’ size is referred to as ’’tabloid’’ or ’’l

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USB Cable

Universal Serial Bus

A computer connection used as a transmission device which requires a newer Pentium computer.

Transmission speeds are faster than parallel or serial cable.

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USB Port

Universal Serial Bus

A computer connection used as a transmission device which requires a newer Pentium computer.

Transmission speeds are faster than parallel or serial cable.

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USCO

United States Copyright Office

United States Copyright Office is an organization “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries” (U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8)

USCO

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