Crop marks are small tic marks that are added to a design during the preflighting process and then printed on the outside of printed material to mark the trim line.
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Creasing is a process that prepares the paper for folding by creating two parallel folding points. Creasing makes your product fold evenly, cracks less along the edge of the fold, and provides an overall more professional appearance.
Collate means to collect, arrange, and assemble in a specific order of sequence. In printing, it means to assemble multiple sheets or parts together to create a set. It is most commonly used in the preparation of booklets.
RGB and CMYK can be adjusted to match from monitors to printers within the confines of the color gamut used.
Coating refers to when paper has been coated by a mixture of materials to create certain paper qualities. Depending on the coating type, coated paper can be harder to write on than uncoated paper.
Bulk refers to the thickness of paper.
OR Bulk can also refer to print quantities of 500+.
A typical brochure is similar to a flyer, but folded in either a half fold or a tri-fold. You can also have a booklet brochure, which is similar to a saddle stitched booklet.
Backing up refers to printing on the back side of a sheet that has already been printed on the opposite side.
An accordion fold is a folded product, like a brochure, that is folded in a zig-zag pattern that creates a product that each page flow into the next.
