A machine that produces high-resolution paper, polyester, or aluminum plates to be used in printing.

The round cylinder upon which a printing plate is mounted.

A kind of binding that employs a piece of curved plastic with “fingers” that are put through holes punched regularly along the page edges.

Abbreviation for Picture Element. The tiniest dot that can be seen on a computer screen. The more pixels per inch, the higher the resolution of the image.

Made up of tiny, microscopic particles, pigment gives ink its color and opacity. In common black ink used for printing, the pigment consists of carbon black–basically soot.

Most commonly aimed at children, this type of book is expensive to print and is usually only 24 or 32 pages.

A measurement used in typesetting to determine line length.

1 pica = 1/6 inch = 12 points.

In order to use copyrighted material belonging to someone else in their own work, authors must seek permission and pay a fee. This also applies to photographs and artwork.

Refers to hardware that accompanies a computer, such as a printer, CD/DVD-ROM, scanner, etc.

Used by most printers, it prints the front and back of a piece of paper in one pass.