The finishing department, which performs operations on the printed product after it has been printed. The bindery operations are as follows: Folding, Binding, Stitching, Scoring, Perforation, Die Cutting, & Envelope Converting (currently done in house).

Different methods used to secure loose pages in a book is called binding. Saddle stitch is an example of binding.

Printed colors that extend past the edge of a page. To cut the job to its actual size the processor has to make sure the job gets printed with 1/8 of an inch bleed some jobs may require more than that. For example if the job is a business card (3.5″ x 2″) the file [...]

Low quality visitors generated by misleading banners or spam which rarely convert to a sale.

Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.

An outline around graphics, text or edge of a sheet.

Best Of Web. A reference to one search engine that classifies it’s core set of sites as “the best of web”. BOW is also used as a reference to the BOW TIE theory. It states that the core of the web is a central hub with two off shoots going out in either direction.

Also known as a doorway page, an information page, or spam. A web page created for the sole purpose of ranking well in the search engines. This is something that you do not want to have on your website.

Refers to the percent of light reflected back from a sheet of paper as measured by a light meter reading. Contrast is reduced and highlights are not as strong when paper with a lower brightness is used for a printed piece.

Standard Mail or Third Class Mail.