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Bleed
The bleed on an artwork file is a two to three millimeter allowance made around the trim size of the document as a precaution and tolerance when trimming the job down to size.
Cello
Cello stands for celloglazing which is a thin plastic film applied on top of printing to seal and protect it. Gloss cello is available on one side only and Matt cello is only available on both. This is due to the process to create each finish.
CMS
CMS stands for website Content Management System which allows users to manage thier own website content.
CMYK
CMYK stands for the 4 process printing colours cyan/magenta/yellow/black.
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used to describe the look and formatting of web pages.
Environmental Accreditation
Sourced from a paper mill that has internationally recognised environmental standards and an ongoing commitment to the conservation of natural resources.
Elemental Chlorine Free
No harmful chlorine gases are used in the paper bleaching process. The Elemental Chlorine Free process uses chlorine dioxide.
Full Colour
Full Colour = CMYK (See "CMYK" definition above).
Greyscale
Greyscale is black only printing using tonal percentages of black to make different greys. e.g. - a black and white photo instead of full colour (see "full colour" definition above).
LZW Compression
LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) is a universal lossless data compression algorithm created by Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch.
No Printing
No printing means just that. Any sides or impressions with no printing means blank card/paper with no printing upon it.
Print Ready
A print ready artwork file is a file that requires no further modification and the printing plates can be made directly from it.
Uncoated
An uncoated finish means that no extra layers have been used on top of the printed inks such as gloss or matt cello (see "cello" definition above).
RGB
RGB are the initials of the three primary colours Red, Green and Blue and it's the combination of those three colours as light that make up the colour spectrum you see on electronic systems such as a computer.
SME
Small and medium enterprises (also SMEs, small and medium businesses, SMBs and variations thereof) are companies whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limits.
Trim Size
The final size of a document once it has been trimmed.
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG stands for "What You See Is What You Get" and is used to describe a system in which content displayed during editing appears very similar to the final output.