Fine Print Knowledge Center
The online guide to print and design.
- Word Spacing
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- Work and Tumble
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A printing method where different pages are assembled so that they are on one plate.
One side is printed and the sheet is turned from front to rear so that you are using the opposite edge as the gripper edge and then the second side is printed.
The product is then cut apart to make two finished items.
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- Work and Turn
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A printing method where different pages are assembled so that they are on one plate.
One side is printed and then the sheet is turned over so that you are using the same gripper edge and then the second side is printed.
The product is then cut apart to make two finished items.
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- Work Group
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When a group of users can share the same resources to work on a project simultaneously.
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- Work Reading
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An image that reads backwards in comparison to the original.
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- Workflow
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A computer-aided process for organizing work sequences by systematically moving documents from one stage of the operation to the next; requires transport of data and files within a network.
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- Workflow Management
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Control of work processes in computer networks and those of other functional devices; all activities necessary to run and manage computer and network-based production units within a graphic arts production environment.
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- World Wide Web
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WWW
A virtual world formed by Internet HTTP servers containing richly formatted pages that can be downloaded upon request to browsers such as Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
It was created at CERN in 1994.
WWW documents are marked up with HTML, an SGML application
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- Worm
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A type of malicious software that damages a computer or network.
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- WORM
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Write Once, Read Many
Refers to a storage device, typically an optical disk, that can only be written to once.
After that the data is permanently available to be accessed an unlimited number of times.
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- Wove Finish
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- Wove Paper
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Paper with a wove finish.
One of the most common papers used for general printing.
A paper that has been made on a fine-mesh mold which, when held to the light, shows no marks or lines.
It has been the typical paper used in bookbinding since the early 19th century.
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- Wrap Around Cover
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A heavy weight cover used on snap out forms, which starts at the back of the binding stub and wraps all the way around the length of the form and back up to the binding stub perforation in the front.
The front part of the cover is used to insert in between forms in the book so that the when writing on a form, the image does not transfer through to the next forms.
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- Wrap Around Label
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When a label is wrapped around a container and the tail end of the label overlaps and adheres to the lead edge.
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- Wrappers
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A book with a paper cover.
A book with a printed or plain paper binding.
Sir Allen Lane, founder of Penguin books, was credited with inventing the modern paperback when he published Ariel by Andre Maurois with a paper cover in 1936.
Also known as Paperback .
Also known as Wraps.
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- Wraps
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A book with a paper cover.
A book with a printed or plain paper binding.
Sir Allen Lane, founder of Penguin books, was credited with inventing the modern paperback when he published Ariel by Andre Maurois with a paper cover in 1936.
Also known as Paperback .
Also known as Wrappers.
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- Write Once, Read Many
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WORM
Refers to a storage device, typically an optical disk, that the computer can write only once, but thereafter read any number of times.
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- Write Test
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A dummy form constructed of the same paper and carbon or carbonless paper that will be used on the end product.
It is then tested for impressioning by imprinting it on the equipment that will be used or by handwriting on it if it is a handwritten form.
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- Write Through
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The transfer of an image from the original through to the other parts of the form by the use of pressure.
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- Writing Paper
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Paper that has a surface that is easy to write on with pen or pencil.
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- Writing Papers
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White or color paper stocks that can either be wood based or wood-free
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- Wrong Reading Image
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- WSDL
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Web Services Description Language
The specifications, including interface and implementation-specific details about Web services and their owners, that are published to a UDDI (Universal Description Discovery, and Integration) directory.
It uses XML to describe details such as data types, deployment details, interface, protocols and location.
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- WSFL
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Web Services Flow Language
A developing standard, created by IBM, used to outline reliances and interactions between Web Services.
It is a way of defining workflow to meet business objectives.
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- WWW
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World Wide Web
A virtual world formed by Internet HTTP servers containing richly formatted pages that can be downloaded upon request to browsers such as Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
It was created at CERN in 1994.
WWW documents are marked up with HTML, an SGML application
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- WYSIWYG
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“What you see is what you get.”
Abbreviation for “What you see is what you get”, a word processing functionality necessary for working with desktop-publishing systems that allows the user to produce text as it will be printed or displayed.
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