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Heatset vs. Non-Heatset Printing Largest & Smallest Finished Products
Office - The general office hours are Monday thru Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. The office is typically closed for all major holidays. Warehouse / Pick-up - Warehouse hours vary. Please call and verify hours if you need to drop-off or pick-up from the warehouse. Delivery - Deliveries can be scheduled for nearly any time, any day. Please call for details. Dot Gain - Our presses have an approximate 30% dot gain. Bleed - We require a minimum of 0.30" bleed on all edges that will be trimmed. Margin - From the final trim, we suggest a minimum of 0.25" margin to any live material. Black Only Type - When producing files, build black type from pure black, and not a combination of CMYK. This information, as a Visual Reference Guide, can be downloaded here in Adobe Acrobat format. Quote Receipt of Job Proof Bind Mail, bundle, palletize, etc… Heatset vs. Non-Heatset Web presses fall into two categories: heatset and non-heatset (also referred to as coldset webs). These presses print on paper rolls fed into the printing equipment. Heatset web presses have more components than non-heatset webs. They feature ovens at the delivery end of the press. These ovens flash off the solvent in the ink, effectively drying the ink film on the paper’s surface as the paper runs through the press. Upon leaving the oven, the paper then passes through chill rollers. Non-heatset web presses differ from heatset presses in one major way. They do not have ovens or chill rollers. Ink laid down by these presses must be absorbed into the paper to dry (or the solvent must evaporate into the surrounding air). Non-heatset webs are ideal for jobs on uncoated paper. For this type of press, quality issues are not paramount. Area screens and halftones printed on such a press (particularly large screens) must be printed with somewhat coarse line-rulings (150 to 175 lpi), because mottling or uneven printing can occur. If you are cost conscious, web presses are best suited for very long press runs, while sheetfed presses should be used for shorter press runs. For instance, you might produce 5,000 brochures on a sheetfed press, but it would not be economical in most cases to print fewer than 50,000 press sheets of brochures (with perhaps four brochures per sheet, for a total of 200,000 brochures) on a web press. Another way of looking at this is that 15,000 copies of an 80-page magazine printed on a sheetfed press might be of higher quality (crisper, more vibrant photos, for instance) than the same magazine printed on a web press. However, the magazine printed on the web press might cost several thousand dollars (or even as much as ten thousand dollars) less than the same magazine printed on a sheetfed press. How much is the better quality worth to you? For your convenience, we have an FTP site so that you may upload your files for print. For the FTP username and login, please call into our offices (760) 597-1200, and someone will be able to assist you. To upload files to our FTP site, we suggest not using the build-in web program (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox), but a specialized program for FTP uploads. Below you will find the program name and link for both Macintosh and PC computers. Macintosh PC / Windows When uploading files, please be aware that you're not allowed to upload whole folders or create new folders. Copy the files from your folder into our UPLOADHERE folder. If you have any questions during this process, please call in and speak with one of our Electronic Prepress technicians. ISO FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) - We are currently looking into joining the FSC, an environmentally minded council, helping the forests. Their certification ensures that we get our paper products from mill that have like minded environmental goals. We will update this site with further information in the future. Largest & Smallest Finished Product -------= -------= Glossary of Terms Bind - Usually in the book arena, but not exclusively, the joining of leafs or signatures together with either wire, glue or other means. Bindery - Usually a department within a printing company responsible for collating, folding and trimming various printing projects. Bleed - Printing that extends to the edge of a sheet or page after trimming. Blind Folio - A page number not printed on the page. (In the book arena, a blank page traditionally does not print a page number.) CMYK - Abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black), the four process colors. Cover - Thick paper that protects a publication and advertises its title. Parts of covers are often described as follows: Cover 1=outside front; Cover 2=inside front; Cover 3=inside back, Cover 4=outside back. Creep - Phenomenon of middle pages of a folded signature extending slightly beyond outside pages. Also called feathering, outpush, push out and thrust. Crop Marks - Lines near the edges of an image indicating portions to be reproduced. Also called cut marks and tic marks. Crossover - Type or art that continues from one page of a book or magazine across the gutter to the opposite page. Also called bridge, gutter bleed and gutter jump. Digital Proofing - Page proofs produced through electronic memory transferred onto paper via laser or ink-jet. Dot Gain - Phenomenon of halftone dots printing larger on paper than they are on films or plates, reducing detail and lowering contrast. Also called dot growth, dot spread and press gain. DPI (Dots Per Inch) - Measure of resolution of input devices such as scanners, display devices such as monitors, and output devices such as laser printers, imagesetters and monitors. Dummy - Simulation of the final product. Also called mockup. Face - Edge of a bound publication opposite the spine. Also called foredge. Fifth Color - Ink color used in addition to the four needed by four-color process. Finish - (1) Surface characteristics of paper. (2) General term for trimming, folding, binding and all other post press operations. Finished Size - Size of product after production is completed, as compared to flat size. Also called trimmed size. Flat Size - Size of product after printing and trimming, but before folding, as compared to finished size. FPO (For Position Only) - Refers to inexpensive copies of photos or art used on mechanical to indicate placement and scaling, but not intended for reproduction. Fountain - Trough or container, on a printing press, that holds fluids such as ink, varnish or water. Four-color Process Printing - Technique of printing that uses black, magenta, cyan and yellow to simulate full-color images. Also called color process printing, full color printing and process printing. Gloss - Consider the light reflecting on various objects in the printing industry (e.g., paper, ink, laminates, UV coating, varnish). Gutter - In the book arena, the inside margins toward the back or the binding edges. Heat-set Web - Web press equipped with an oven to dry ink, thus able to print coated paper. Image Area - The actual area on the printed matter that is not restricted to ink coverage, Imposition - Arrangement of pages on mechanicals or flats so they will appear in proper sequence after press sheets are folded and bound. Ink Jet Printing (Inkjetting) - Method of printing by spraying droplets of ink through computer-controlled nozzles. Also called jet printing. Inserts - Within a publication, an additional item positioned into the publication loose (not bound in). Leaf - One sheet of paper in a publication. Each side of a leaf is one page. Makeready - (1) All activities required to prepare a press or other machine to function for a specific printing or bindery job, as compared to production run. Also called setup. (2) Paper used in the makeready process at any stage in production. Makeready paper is part of waste or spoilage. Margin - Imprinted space around the edge of the printed material. Mock Up - A reproduction of the original printed matter and possibly containing instructions or direction. Nonheatset Web - Web press without a drying oven, thus not able to print on coated paper. Also called cold-set web and open web. Offset Printing - Printing technique that transfers ink from a plate to a blanket to paper instead of directly from plate to paper. Page - One side of a leaf in a publication Page Count - Total number of pages that a publication has. Also called extent. Pagination - In the book arena, the numbering of pages. Perfect Bind - To bind sheets that have been ground at the spine and are held to the cover by glue. Also called adhesive bind, cut-back bind, glue bind, paper bind, patent bind, perfecting bind, soft bind and soft cover. Perf Marks - On a "dummy" marking where the perforation is to occur. Perforating - Taking place on a press or a binder machine, creating a line of small dotted wholes for the purpose of tearing-off a part of a printed matter (usually straight lines, vertical or horizontal). Plate - Piece of paper, metal, plastic or rubber carrying an image to be reproduced using a printing press. PMS - Obsolete reference to Pantone Matching System. The correct trade name of the colors in the Pantone Matching System is Pantone colors, not PMS Colors. Prepress - Camera work, color separations, stripping, platemaking and other prepress functions performed by the printer, separator or a service bureau prior to printing. Also called preparation. Prepress Proof - Any color proof made using ink jet, toner, dyes or overlays, as compared to a press proof printed using ink. Also called dry proof and off-press proof. Press Check - Event at which makeready sheets from the press are examined before authorizing full production to begin. Press Time - (1) Amount of time that one printing job spends on press, including time required for makeready. (2) Time of day at which a printing job goes on press. Printer Spreads - Mechanicals made so they are imposed for printing, as compared to reader spreads. Proof - Test sheet made to reveal errors or flaws, predict results on press and record how a printing job is intended to appear when finished. Reader Spreads - Mechanicals made in two page spreads as readers would see the pages, as compared to printer spread. RGB - Abbreviation for red, green, blue, the additive color primaries. Saddle-Stitch - To bind by stapling sheets together where they fold at the spine, as compared to side stitch. Also called pamphlet stitch, saddle wire and stitch bind. Self Cover - Usually in the book arena, a publication not having a cover stock. A publication only using text stock throughout. Signature - Printed sheet folded at least once, possibly many times, to become part of a book, magazine or other publication. Specifications - Complete and precise written description of features of a printing job such as type size and leading, paper grade and quantity, printing or binding method. Abbreviated specs. Spine - Back or binding edge of a publication Spread - Two pages that face each other and are designed as one visual or production unit. Tabloid - Using a broadsheet as a measure, one half of a broadsheet. Tint - Screening or adding white to a solid color for results of lightening that specific color. Tip In - Usually in the book arena, adding an additional page(s) beyond the normal process (separate insertion). Trapping - To print one ink over another or to print a coating, such as varnish, over an ink. The first liquid traps the second liquid. Trim Size -The size of the printed material in its finished stage (e.g., the finished trim size is 5 1\2 x 8 1\2). Web Press - Press that prints from rolls of paper, usually cutting it into sheets after printing. Also called reel-fed press. Web presses come in many sizes, the most common being mini, half, three quarter (also called 8-pages) and full (also called 16-pages). |
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