| Melbourne Museum of Printing | Our Glossary of Printing and Typography CUTTING, NUMBERING, BINDING, EMBELLISHING |
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IF YOU KNOW THE NAME OF A TERM, GO TO THE ALPHABETIC PAGE eg to find PICA choose the Alphabetic Page N-Q. You will find several meanings of this word, and that it is mostly used in TYPE MEASUREMENTS. | |||||||||||||||||||
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE OTHER TERMS ABOUT TYPE MEASUREMENTS look in the Thematic Glossary about Typecasting and Type Measurements | |||||||||||||||||||
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| ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE DEFINITIONS INCLUDE: | |||
| usu = usually | cf = compare with | eg = for example | typic = typically |
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | creasing matrix | CUTTING & CREASING |
| strips glued to cylinder or platen as counter-die to creasing rule | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | creasing rule | CUTTING & CREASING |
| rule with rounded top to crease or score paper or board: usu in Cutting Forme | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | cutting die | CUTTING & CREASING |
| cutting (and creasing) elements shaped, fixed together in block, ready for locking into forme | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | cutting forme [form] | CUTTING & CREASING |
| forme for cutting, creasing, perforating: oft used in l/press without ink rollers | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | cutting jacket | CUTTING & CREASING |
| metal sheet fixed over cylinder or platen to absorb the force of steel rules in cutting forme | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | cutting rule | CUTTING & CREASING |
| rule (usu steel) with sharp top to cut board or paper: usu in Cutting Forme | ||
| VERB | die cutting | CUTTING & CREASING |
| general term for the process of cutting, perforating and creasing using a cutting forme or die | ||
| NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE | ejection rubber | CUTTING & CREASING |
| spongy material glued between cutting rules to ensure separation of paper from die | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | forme punch | CUTTING & CREASING |
| tubular punch included in cutting forme, making small circular hole in paper | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | jigsaw | CUTTING & CREASING |
| mechanical random saw to cut channel in wood block to accommodate steel rules | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | laser cutter | CUTTING & CREASING |
| digital device to cut complex channel in wooden mounting block for steel rules | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | perforating rule | CUTTING & CREASING |
| rule with sharp top segmented to perforate board or paper: usu in Cutting Forme | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | pin perforator | CUTTING & CREASING |
| forces a row of pins through a few sheets at a time. Usu treadle operated. | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | rule bender | CUTTING & CREASING |
| device to bend steel rules to exact pattern for cutting forme | ||
| EQUIVALENT TERM | scoring rule | CUTTING & CREASING |
| same as creasing rule | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | steel rules | CUTTING & CREASING |
| inclusive term for cutting, perforating and creasing rules as used in cutting formes | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | dummy box | NUMBERING MACHINES & ATTACHMTS |
| wooden block same size as number box to fill in for box while job is stored | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | letter slide | NUMBERING MACHINES & ATTACHMTS |
| an engraved letter to replace the word No. on the plunger | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | numberer (hand) | NUMBERING MACHINES & ATTACHMTS |
| hand-held numbering machine with inbuilt inking device, usu adjustable for repeat numbering | ||
| EQUIVALENT TERM | numbering box | NUMBERING MACHINES & ATTACHMTS |
| colloquial term for numbering machine | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | numbering machine | NUMBERING MACHINES & ATTACHMTS |
| set of numbered wheels, type-high: change automatically after each impression | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | skip wheel | NUMBERING MACHINES & ATTACHMTS |
| alternate wheel for numbering machine, to print only certain numbers as 2,4,6,8 | ||
| VERB | bind | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| secure leaves or sections into a book | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | bindery | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| that part of a workplace where printed sheets are cut, folded, collated, or bound | ||
| ADJECTIVE | case bound | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| (book) bound in a cover (case) made with stiff boards covered with material | ||
| VERB | collate | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| gather sections or leaves together in the correct order for binding | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | collating table | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| table, still or moving, with stacks of pages for gathering by hand | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | concertina fold | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| folding in which alternate leaves opens in opposite directions and having no spine | ||
| VERB | cut flush | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| (of a book) to trim so that cover is same size as text pages (eg paperback) | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | end papers | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| leaves, sometimes decorated or marbled, which hold the book into its cover | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | finished size | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| size of printed product after all operations | ||
| VERB | finishing | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| post-printing operations: embellish, trim, fold, collate, bind etc | ||
| VERB | gather | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| place together the sections of a book in correct sequence for binding | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | hardback | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| book with front and back covers made of a stiff board | ||
| VERB | laminate | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| cover printed sheet with plastic foil, usu by heated rollers | ||
| VERB | nip | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| squeeze newly bound book to ensure flatness: nipping press | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | nipping press | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| bookbinder's screw press to hold book(s) flat | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | parallel fold | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| where a sheet is folded with two or more folds in the same direction | ||
| VERB | perfect bind | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| trim/grind off spine-edge and glue the pages into their cover | ||
| VERB | quarter bind | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| staple front and back covers onto book and cover spine with wide adhesive cloth | ||
| VERB | saddle stitch | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| stitch/staple sheets in the fold, for books/booklets of modest size | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | section | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| printed sheet folded to 8, 16 etc pages ready for binding and trimming | ||
| ADJECTIVE | side stitched | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| sheets or sections stiched or stapled along the edge before cover drawn on | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | signature | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| identifying letter or figure on first page or spine of book section | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | spine | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| the edge of the book where the binding is: spines arrayed on the bookshelf | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | three-knife trimmer | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| like three guillotines in one to trim top bottom and side of book in one pass | ||
| VERB | tip in | FINISHING & BOOKBINDING |
| insert single leaf into book by gluing one edge | ||
| VERB | blind emboss | EMBELLISHING |
| make an embossed impression without ink or foil, usu with engraved die and moulded counter-die | ||
| VERB | block . . . . . . 2 | EMBELLISHING |
| stamp with gold foil or similar, often onto a book cover or spine. A subset of hot foil printing. | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | blocking press | EMBELLISHING |
| press with heated typeholder and usu foil feed, for blocking onto book covers or other work | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | brass type | EMBELLISHING |
| handset types engraved or cast in brass for long wearing properties | ||
| NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE | bronzing | EMBELLISHING |
| golden effect produced by dusting bronze powder onto wet ink | ||
| NOUN, COUNTABLE | composing trough | EMBELLISHING |
| small angled bench-mounted tray for assembling type, simpler than comp-stick | ||
| VERB | deboss | EMBELLISHING |
| precise term for embossing in which paper is pressed below its surface | ||
| VERB | emboss | EMBELLISHING |
| make relief image in paper by using a recessed die and counterdie | ||
| EQUIVALENT TERM | foil stamping | EMBELLISHING |
| alternative term for hot foil printing : often used when foiling is added to other printing | ||
| NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE | glair | EMBELLISHING |
| albumen-based adhesive used on leather to cause gold leaf to adhere | ||
| VERB | hot foil printing | EMBELLISHING |
| printing with heated type or engraving, transferring pigment from a foil to the paper or plastic | ||
| NOUN, UNCOUNTABLE | thermography | EMBELLISHING |
| raised printing effect made by dusting resinous powder onto wet ink and fusing with radiant heat | ||
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