Abbreviation for International Colour Consortium, an organisation which was established in 1993 to create, promote and encourage the standardisation and evolution of an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform colour management system architecture and components. To do so, they developed the ICC profile specification

That portion of a printing plate that carries ink and prints on paper.

The correct sequential arrangement of pages that are to be printed, along with all the margins in proper alignment, before producing the plates for printing.

The pressure of a printing surface as it contacts paper.

A term to describe components of a system that are arranged in a logical production sequence. For example, an in-line film processor can be connected to an imagesetter so that the film is output directly from the imagesetter to the processor without operator intervention. Another example is in-line finishing equipment, which is connected directly to the printing press.

When printed ink colours become lighter or less dense after they have dried on the paper.

Printed pages loosely inserted in a publication.

A coated stock finished in mother-of-pearl.

Abbreviation for International Standard Book Number, a reference number used to identify commercial books. It can usually be found on the back of the title page.

Text that is used to denote emphasis by slanting the type body forward.