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Print Glossary - C


Term Definition
C sizes

ISO size range, mainly for envelopes. Measured in millimeters. See our envelope size guide for details.

Cyan One of the four process colours. Also known as process cyan
Carbonless paper (NCR) Specially coated paper which is able to transfer images from the top sheet onto the sheets below from the pressure of writing or typing.
Cast coated paper Very high gloss coated paper or board. Often used for folders.
CMYK The abbreviation for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The four process colour's used in full colour printing.
Coated paper Term used for coated or gloss paper. Often called art paper.
Collate To arrange printed sheets in a particular order.
Colour separation A technique used to separate and image into CMYK colour's ready for full colour printing.
Comb binding A method of binding a stack of sheets together. Holes are punched along the edge of the sheet into which the teeth of a plastic come are inserted.
Contrast The amount of tone in an image from highlight to shadow.
Cover Outer sheet of a booklet, magazine ect.
Crop marks Lines on a printed sheet which indicate where the sheet is to be cut. Also called corner marks.
CTP Computer to plate. Process of creating a printing plate directly from a digital file.
Cut sizes Standard paper sizes such as A4 and A3 which are used with office printers, photocopiers etc, and small offset presses.
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