Vocabulary for Printing Issues

The little “L’s” found around the corners of the media that signify where the image should register against. These are guides to let the printer know where the image should be placed and if the image goes beyond the specified size of media.

• L Guides

• Guides

• Color Marks

• Crop Marks

When part of the image or design extends beyond the media edge. This is set on purpose so that there are no white areas left st the edges of the printed paper.

• Overlay

• Bleed

• Extension

• Cogation

The wrinkling or puckering of a printed image due to too much ink being used in the image AKA overinking.

• Pucker

• Cockling

• Bleed

• Coagulation

Gloss is a type of media designed for use with photographic reproduction. What kind of surface does it have?

• Matte

• Eggshell

• Glowing

• Shiny

This is the building up of dried ink around the opening of an inkjet nozzle. This results in a imperfect dot that can cause image quality issues or the nozzle not to fire at all causing image imperfections.

• Bleed

• Clogging

• Cogation

• Rupture

A type of media designed for use with photographic reproduction similar to gloss. This has a less shiny surface than gloss but a more shiny surface than standard bond.

• Flat

• Matte

• Opaque

• Plain

This is the abbreviation for the international standard used to classify paper types.

• GSI- Grams per square inch

• GSM- Grams per square meter

• GSC- Grams per square Centimeter

• GSC- Grams per square Cube

The process of printing too much ink for the selected media to handle. This can lead to longer than expected dry times or not having the image dry at all.

• CMYK Inking

• Underinking

• Photo Inking

• Overinking

The method of correlating overlapping colors on one single image.

• Color Mapping

• Colorization

• Print registration

• 3D Printing

The process of printing way too much ink for the selected media more than overinking. This is described as puddles of ink on your image that may run if you tilt the image on its side.

• Bleeding

• Pooling

• Running

• Puddling