Line copy is a document that consists of purely of black and white without any gray tones.
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Letterpressing is a printing technique that involves pressing inked metal type into paper.
Imposition is the process of preparing your Print-Ready PDF for print by arranging the pages onto printer’s sheets in a way that makes printing faster and less wasteful.
Lamination is a process that binds plastic to a sheet of paper by adding heat and pressure.
A hard copy proof is provided upon request from the customer at an additional cost. A hardcopy proof is a physical print of your art files from the product. It is mailed to you for approval. A hard copy proof will be the best representation of how your color will appear on the final product.
Dot gain refers to a natural effect in the printing process that causes printing defect that causes the dots, or the smallest printed unit, of a project to print larger. This causes darker tones and hyper-saturation. It occurs in most printing applications and is compensated for using color curve adjustments.
A digital proof is what is provided to the customer after the files have been prepared for print. The digital proof will highlight the bleed line, trim line, safety line, page order, etc. You must review your digital proof closely and either approve or reject it.
Digital printing is printing from a digital image onto a variety of substrates with a press that does not use plates and uses toner versus ink.
Desktop Publishing refers to the production of printed material by having a desktop computer linked to a desktop printer.
Die Cut refers to the process of cutting out a specific shape or design out of a printed product. PrintingCenterUSA does not die cut any products (except for presentation folders).