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shingling
A technique used to prevent creep or push-out in a saddle stitched (or to a far lesser account perfect bound) book made up of a great number of pages of thick paper.
The above drawing demonstrates the problem: once a publication has been trimmed, the inner pages are narrower than the outer pages. This makes the layout shift towards the outer edge and things like page number may actually disappear. To compensate for this unevitable fact, the content of the pages is gradually moved towards the spine for the inner sections.shortcut
A pointer file that actually represents another file. This word is only used on Windows systems. On Macs, the same pointer file is refered to as an “alias”.
short-run
Four-colour print runs of 1000 or less copies.
SID
- Abbreviation for Solid Ink Density - A measure of how much complementary light is absorbed by a solid patch in a color control bar as measured with a reflection densitometer
- Abbreviation for Standard Ink Densities: In the US, GRACoL recommends the following values: C: 1.40, M:1.50, Y: 1.05, K: 1.70.
SIMM
Abbreviation for Single In-line Memory Module (RAM chips).
signature
The collated pages of one folded and trimmed form, making up one section of a publication. The bigger the press is that is used to print a job, the more pages the signature contains.
single sheet proof
A proof made by placing layers of toners, dyes or pigments on a single substrate without the intermediate thin membrane carrier sheets as used for an overlay color proof. Some common types of single sheet off-press proofs are Color-Art, Cromalin, Matchprint, Pressmatch and signature.
sizing
A treatment of paper to make it resistant to moisture.
skeleton black
A black separation that adds detail and contrast only in the darkest area of the four-colour reproduction from the quarter tones to the shadows.
skew
Option found in many prepress applications to slant an object (text or image) by a prescribed degree. Below is an example of a skewed picture.
skid
A pallet of paper stock or folded signatures.
slant
See slash
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SLIP
Abbreviation for Serial Line Internet Protocol
slot
A part of a computer where an extra circuit board can be inserted to extend the function of the machine.
slur
The smearing of the halftone dots on the press sheet in the direction of the travel through a lithographic press. This makes the dots look like little comets and causes dot gain.
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