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Laid - Paper with a watermark pattern showing the wire marks used in the paper making process. Usually used for high quality stationery.
Laminate - A thin transparent plastic coating applied to paper or board to provide protection and give it a glossy finish.
- Paper that is developed by fusing one or more layers of paper together to the desired thickness and quality. Landscape - Style in which width is greater than height. (Portrait is opposite.)Lap Register
- Register where ink colors overlap slightly, as compared to butt register.Large-format camera - Camera that makes negatives 4 x 5 or larger.
Laser Bond
- Bond paper made especially smooth and dry to run well through laser printers.Laser Printer (see also Page printer) - A high quality image printing system using a laser beam to produce an image on a photosensitive drum. The image is transferred on to paper by a conventional xerographic printing process. Currently, most laser printers set at 600dpi with newer models operating at up to 1200dpi.
Laser-imprintable Ink - Ink that will not fade or blister as the paper on which it is printed is used in a laser printer.
Lateral Reversal - A positive or negative image transposed from left to right as in a mirror reflection of the original.
Latex Seal: Any envelope with self-sealing adhesive. Requires no moisture.
Lay Flat Bind
- Method of perfect binding that allows a publication to lie fully open. (Also known as Lay Flat Perfect Binding.) Lay Edge - The edge of a sheet of paper feeding into a press.Layout - A sketch or drawing of a proposed printed piece showing position and size of text, and color of copy.
Lead or Leading - Amount of space added between lines of type to space out text and provide visual separation of the lines. Measured in points or fractions thereof. Named after the strips of lead which used to be inserted between lines of metal type.
Leading Edge - Edge of a sheet of paper that enters the press first, also known as the Gripper edge.
Leaf
- One sheet of paper in a publication. Each side of a leaf is one page.Ledger Paper - Strong, smooth bond paper used for keeping business records.
Legend - The descriptive matter about an illustration, mostly referred to as a caption. Also an explanation of signs or symbols used in timetables or maps.
Legible - Characteristic of copy having sufficient contrast with the paper on which it appears and determined by such features as typeface, size, leading, and quality of printing.
Letter Fold
- Two folds creating three panels that allow a sheet of letterhead to fit a business envelope. Also called barrel fold and wrap around fold.Letter Paper
- In North America, 8 1/2' x 11' sheets. In Europe, A4 sheets.Letterpress - Method of printing process in which a raised image is inked to produce an impression; the impression is then transferred by placing paper against image and applying pressure.
Letterset - A printing process combining offset printing with a letterpress relief printing plate.
Lettershop - Mailing service.
Letterspacing - The addition of space between the letters of words to increase the line-length to a required width or to improve the appearance of a line.
Library Picture - A picture taken from an existing library and not specially commissioned.
Ligature - Letters which are joined together as a single unit of type such as oe and fi.
Light Table - Translucent glass surface lit from below, used by production artists and strippers.
Light Weight Paper - Book grade paper with basis weight 40# or less with high opacity for its weight.
Lightface - Type having finer strokes than the medium typeface. Not used as frequently as medium.
- Substance in trees that holds cellulose fibers together. This is the “glue” that binds cellulose fibers together to give a tree its rigidity. This material is hydrophobic, or “water-hating,” rendering the fiber too rigid for most papermaking applications. Hence, the need to separate and remove this wood component from cellulose fibers.Line Block - A letterpress printing plate made up of solid areas and lines and without tones.
Line Conversion Screen - Piece of film containing line patterns that break light into those patterns as it passes through.
Line Copy - Type, rules, clip art, and other images that are high contrast. Also called line art and line work.
Line Gauge - A metal rule used by printers. Divided into Picas it is 72 picas long (11.952in).
Line Negative - Negative usually made from line copy.
Linen Finish
- Embossed finish on text paper that simulates the pattern of linen cloth.Linen Tester - A magnifying glass designed for checking the dot image of a halftone.
Lines per Inch - The number of lines or rows of dots there are per inch in a screen and therefore in a screen tint, halftone, or separation.
Lineup Table - A table with an illuminated top used for preparing and checking alignment of page layouts and paste-ups.
Lining figures - Numerals that align on the baseline and at the top.
Linotype - Manufacturers of a range of high resolution phototypesetting machines such as the 100, 202, 300 and 500. The 100, 300 and 500 series are capable of processing PostScript files through an external RIP and typesetting desktop publishing files direct from disk at 1270dpi and beyond.
Liquid Laminate - Plastic applied to paper as a liquid, then bonded and cured into a hard, glossy finish.
Lithography - Method of printing based on the principle of the natural aversion of water to grease, using a chemically-coated plate whose image areas attract ink and whose non-image areas repel ink.
Live Area - Alternate term for Image area.
- Rolls loaded so that end or flat portion of rolls is resting on conveyance floor.Load on Side (rolling position)
- Rolls loaded so that side or rounded portion is resting on conveyance floor.Logo - Short for logotype. A combination of type and art into a distinctive symbol unique to an organization, business, or product.
Long Grain - Grain long paper.
Loop Stitch - To saddle stitch with staples that are also loops which slip over rings of binders.
Loose Leaf - Binding method which allows the insertion and removal of pages for continuous updating.
Loose Proof - Proof of a halftone or color separation that is not assembled with other elements from a page, as compared to composite proof.
Loupe - Lens built into a small stand. Used to inspect copy, film, proofs, plates and printing.
Low Key Photo - Photo whose most important details appear in the shadows.
Lower Case - The small letters in a font of type.
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