Glossary of Printing Terms

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Tabloid - 11" x 17" - a page half the size of a broadsheet, or twice the size of a sheet of standard typing paper.

Template - a standard layout usually containing basic details of the page dimensions.

TIFF - a common format for scanned photographs.

Trapping - a prepress technique which allows for variation in registration during the press run. This is done primarily by allowing an overlap between abutting colors.

Trim - the cutting of the finished product to the correct size. Marks are incorporated on the printed sheet to show where the trimming is to be made.

Typo (US/CAN) - an abbreviation for typographical error. An error in the typeset copy