Quanto conosci i termini tecnici di uso comune nella stampa? (5)
2023-03-08
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Printing refers to the technology of transferring the ink to the surface of paper, fabric, leather and other materials through plate making, ink application, pressurization and other processes to reproduce the contents of the original manuscript in batches.
In a broad sense, printing includes pre-press, printing, post-press and various processes and processes related to graphic and text reproduction. It has a series of complex production processes and standards, and has a large number of professional terms.
Post-press and processing commonly used terms
| noun terms | Glossary |
| signature | Fold the printed sheets into a stack of multiple pages in numerical order. |
| order | Refers to the position of the part of the book that should be bound. |
| front mouth | Also known as the mouth, it refers to the reading edge opposite to the stitching edge. |
| Tiantou | The space from the top line of the text of a book to the top edge of the page. |
feet | The space between the bottom line of the text of a book and periodical and the lower edge of the page. |
back of book | Also known as the back, it refers to the flat part that needs to be glued (or bound) after the signatures are assembled. There are round backs and square backs for hardcover books. |
title page | A single page with the title of the book, the name of the publisher, and the name of the author printed on the backing paper. In some books and periodicals, the backing paper and the title page are printed together and bound (that is, the package page) is called the title page. |
cover | Also known as cover, outer cover, leather, book cover, etc. (hardcover is called book case), the cover is wrapped outside the book block, and has the function of protecting the book block and decorating the book. |
| breach | After the book block is cut, the cut of the page is damaged. |
sticky mouth | The part of the signature that is glued on the signature when the scattered pages are glued together. Usually, the crease line of the last fold is used as the reference line to apply glue to the edge of the signature according to a certain width. |
| small page | Pages in a section that are smaller than the trim size. |
| Abbreviated post | Either side of it is indented into sections in the book block. |
insert | One or more pages that need to be inserted in the book block due to the arrangement of the chart layout in books and periodicals. |
Template | It is a pagination method in which one section is placed on the surface (or inside) of another section in sequence according to the page number to become the book block of a book, and then the cover is placed on the outermost part of the book block. |
jacket | The wrapping paper that goes over the cover or book binding, often used for elegant books and classics. |
| hot melt adhesive | It is an adhesive that cures rapidly at room temperature by heating and melting the glue. |
| cold glue | Adhesives that do not require heating during sizing. |
book waist | Also known as the middle waist. The middle position between the first cover and the fourth cover. |
middle diameter | Refers to the distance between the two pieces of cardboard inside the book cover, the second cover and the third cover. |
| middle seam | Refers to the two gaps between the middle diameter cardboard and the book case cardboard. |
| crease line | The folding line of a printed book page during folding. |
milling back | A process in which the back of the book block is milled into grooves with a milling cutter to facilitate the penetration of glue. |
| knife flower | There are uneven knife marks on the incision. |
Gang line | After manual division, the back paper is wider than the thickness of the book core. Or after the book is wrapped, the cover is raised at the junction of the back of the book and the front or back cover to form a ridge. |
| white pages | One or both sides of a book page are left unprinted due to a printing accident. |
| folding | The workflow of folding printed sheets into booklet-size signatures in order of page numbers. |
collation | The work process of combining signatures or multiple loose-printed pages into a book in the order of page numbers. |
Lekou | The front edge of the cover of the paperback book is about 20~30mm wider than the front edge of the book block, and then the cover is folded inward along the edge of the front edge of the book block. |
| ring lining | The backing paper that connects the book block and the cover. |
| Mao Ben | Book block uncut on three sides. |
| Mitsumoto | Book block cut on three sides. |
Grilled round | For a hardcover book with a round ridge, the back of the book block is processed into an arc-shaped process before the book case is put on. |
| round back | A kind of hardcover, the back of the book is made into a certain arc. |
| Garden potential | The curvature of the round back of a hardcover book. |
square back | A kind of hardcover. The back of the book is straight and perpendicular to the front and back covers. |
| plug cloth | A special product pasted on the top and bottom ends of the back of the hardcover book block. |
Cone paper | A tubular kraft liner. Respectively bonded to the back of the book block and the case of the book to strengthen the back of the large format and thick hardcover. |
| whole face | Also known as the surface material of the comprehensive book case is a whole piece. |
interface | It is also called the surface material of the half-side book cover is not a whole piece, usually the front cover and back cover are made of one material, and the waist of the book is glued together with another material. |
Ridge | Before the hardcover book is put on the bookcase, the book block is tightened and compacted with a splint, on both sides of the book block. The process of pressing a raised mark near the edge connecting the spine of the book and the ring lining, so that the spine of the book bulges slightly outward. |
false ridge | A kind of hardcover. The heart of the book has no ridges, but through the special decoration and processing of the bookcase, the whole book looks like a hardcover book with ridges. |
mouth | Refers to the part where the book cover protrudes beyond the cutout of the book block after the hardcover books and periodicals are combined and processed. |
flat lock | The prepared signatures are bound into a book core with thread strings one by one, and the thread is arranged in rows between the signatures. |
cross lock | The prepared signatures are bound into a book core with thread strings one by one, and the yarns are staggered between each signature. |
| wrap angle | Cover the front corners of the book cover with a layer of leather or fabric. |
book slot | Also known as book groove or groove, it refers to the groove that is pressed into the connecting part of the cover and back cover and the spine after the hardcover book is set. |
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