Glossary
Perfect bound magazine
Magazine is bound with hot glue
Stitched magazine
Magazine is bound with wire staples
Glued insert (glue stripe insert)
Insert, which is attached to a page with a soft paste and which is torn under normal handling conditions without affecting the print
Loose insert
Insert which is blown into a ready magazine
Bound insert
Bound insert is attached between the signatures of the magazine during binding - stitching or perfect binding.
Polybagging
Each magazine is packed in film
French Door
Folded insert is bound after narrow front cover
Additional cover
Separate half cover bound upon the main cover of the magazine
Gatefold
A page in a publication that is larger than the other pages and is folded to fit
Perforation
Tearing line made by puncturing the surface of paper
Die cutting
Cutting a product to a certain shape
Embossing
A process that applies pressure to the backside of a material to alter the surface, giving it a three dimensional or raised effect.
If a multi-level die is used, there will be varying depths to the embossing, giving the image a distinctive 3-D effect
Scoring
Scoring is the term applied to the process that places a crease in paper stocks and other substrates allowing the material to be folded
Trimming allowance
Bleeds which are cut from three sides of the product. Pictures that go beyond the edge of the page should have a bleed.
Lamination
Applying film on a printed sheet, which adds durability of the printed product
UV varnish
Varnish dried with UV-light
Dispersion (Water) varnish
Water based varnish, which adds gloss to the printed surface
Spot varnishing
Varnishing is made in certain place
Matt varnish
Matt surface varnish
Matt paper
Matt finished paper