Printing Partners Glossary of Terms
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Every industry has a collection of words that are unique. The printing industry is no exception.
We have gathered a group of what we consider to be the most important terms in printing and finishing. Hopefully you will find this glossary useful.

The following definitions are offered to provide a common understanding for phrases such as “we’ll print your brochure 4/4 work/turn with satin aqueous coating.”

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Lacquer
A clear resin/solvent coating, usually glossy, applied to a printed sheet for protection or appearance.

Laid Paper
Paper with a pattern of parallel lines at equal distances, giving a ribbed effect.

Lamination
A plastic film bonded by heat and pressure to a printed sheeet for protection or appearance.

LAN - Local Area Network
Communication lin k in a localized area such as an office, building, complex of buildings or campus, with technology that provides a high-bandwidth, low-cost medium to which many computer nodes can be connected.

Laser - Light Amplification By Simulated Emission Of Radiation
The laser is an intense light beam with very narrow bandwodth used in digital-imaging devices to produce images by electronic impulses from computers or facsimile transmission.

Layout
The drawing or sketch of a proposed printed piece.

Leaders
Rows of dashes or dots to guide the eye across the page. Used in Tabular work , programs, tables of contents, etc.

Leading
The distance between lines of type measured in points.

LED
Light Emitting Diodes that are used in place of lasers for some output systems.

Ledger Paper
A grade of business paper generally used for keeping records where it is subjected to appreciable wear so it requires a high degree of durablilty and permanence.

letterpress
A process that prints from a raised surface; letterpresses can also be used to number, score, perforate, foil stamp, emboss and die cut.

Letterspacing
The placing of additional spacing between each letter of a word.

Line Copy
Any copy suitable for reproduction without using a halftone screen.

Lithographic Developer
The material used to remove the unexposed coating on a plate.

Logotype
The name of a company or product in a special design used as a trademark in advertising.

Long Ink
An ink that has good flow on ink rollers of a press. If the ink is too long, it breaks up into filaments on the press, and causes flying as on a newspaper press.

Lower Case
The small letters in type, as distinguished from the capital letters.