Jargon buster
Print terminology can be confusing and intimidating. It's one of the reasons you'll always be able to speak to someone over the phone at Bishops to help you.
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Lamination
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A thin film coating which is applied to the paper or board to give a more glossy or matt appearance.
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Landscape
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Describes the orientation of a page for normal viewing where the shorter side runs from top to bottom.
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Layout file
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The file created by computer application software which contains all the imported element,s and where all the design and layout of a document are performed.
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Line copy
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Copy which can be reproduced without using halftones.
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Lithographic printing
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A printing process based on the principle of the natural aversion of water to grease. The areas to be printed receive and transfer ink to the paper, the non-printing areas are treated with water to repel the ink.
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Loose leaf
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A method of binding which allows the insertion and removal of pages for continuous updating.
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LPI
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Lines per inch - refers to the quality of a halftone screen. it is important to distinguish it from dpi which refers to the resolution of a device or image. commonly lpi is used at exactly half of the dpi of the device or image, i.e. 300dpi would equal 150lpi.