Glossary

<<back to resources A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U W Accordian Fold: Two or more folds parallel to each other with adjacent folds in opposite directions, resembling the bellows of an accordian. (Binding & Finishing) Adhesive Binding: Applying glue or another, usually hot-melt substance, along the backbone edges of assembled, printed sheets. The book or magazine cover is applied directly on top of the tacky adhesive. (Alternative term: perfect binding) Assembling: Collecting individual sheets or signatures in a complete set with pages in proper sequence and alignment. Assembling takes place prior to binding. (Alternative terms: collating, gathering, inserting) Bank: One successive row of staggered tabs from first to last position. Backbone: Alternate term for the spine of a publication. Bind: To attach pages of a book or other publications to each other with staples, adhesives, thread, wire or other means, commonly between two covers. Binder: A book-like device used to hold a quantity of sheets, commonly loose-leaf paper. Binders can either be temporary or permanent, the former allowing the easy removal and insertion of sheets, the latter not. Binding: Binding and finishing are activities performed on printed material after printing. Body Copy: Text or graphics printed other than on tab extensions (i.e. the “body” of the sheet). Buckle Folder: A device used in the folding phrase of binding and finishing, which uses a set of plates (collectively called a folder plate) to force a sheet to buckle slightly, allowing it to be pulled through a set of folding rollers. Cerlox Binding: Plastic rings (19 rings in 11″) in twelve different colours that are put through rectangular-punched holes to bind paper. Child Proof Stitches: A method of stitches in which they are turned in down the center spread. Clip Seal / Wafer Seal: Clear plastic or white paper varying in size, which are glued and wrapped around the open edge of folded paper. Coloured Stitches: Coloured stitching is a stitch with coloured wire. Collate: In bindery and finishing, the act of arranging printed pages into sets that can be bound into a book. Collation: Gathering of individual tabs into sequentially ordered sets. Collating Marks: In printing, a set of numbered symbols that are printed on the folded edge of press signatures as a means of indicating the proper collating or gathering sequence. Creasing: A score or line indented in paper by the use of a rotary score wheel or a steel-ruled die. Cut: Number of tab positions in a bank (example: 1/5 cut = 5 tabs of equal size completing a bank. Die: Any metal plate or block etched with a design, lettering or other pattern used to...