Glossary of Terms: C
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| Caliper | The measurement of the thickness of paper measured in thousandths of an inch or mils. |
| Case binding | Books bound using hard board (case) covers. |
| Cast coated | A paper that is coated and then pressure dried using a polished roller that imparts an enamel like hard gloss finish. |
| Center spread | The two pages that face each other in the center of a book or publication. |
| Chain lines | Lines that appear on laid paper as a result of the wires of the papermaking machine. |
| Clip art | Graphic images, designs, and artwork in digital form that can be used in a digital document. |
| Coarse screen | Halftone screens commonly used in newsprint; up to 85 lines per inch. |
| Coated stock | Any paper that has a mineral coating applied after the paper is made, giving the paper a smoother finish. |
| Cold color | Any color that is toward the blue side of the color spectrum. |
| Collate | To gather sheets or printed signatures together in their correct order. |
| Colophon | A printers' or publishers' identifying symbol or emblem. |
| Color bars | A color test strip that is printed on the waste portion of a press sheet. It helps a press operator to monitor and control the quality of the printed material relative to ink density, registration and dot gain. It can also include a Star Target, which is designed to detect inking and press problems. |
| Color correction | Using a computer to adjust, change or manipulate a color image, such as retouching, adjusting color balance, color saturation, contrast, etc. |
| Color separating | The processes of separating the primary color components (CMYK) for printing. |
| Color transparency | Transparent film containing a positive photographic color image. |
| Condensed type | A narrow, elongated typeface. |
| Contrast | The degree of tonal separation or gradation in the range from black to white. |
| Cover | A term describing a general type of paper used for the covers of books, pamphlets, etc., also used for business cards and postcards. |
| Crop | To reduce the size of an image. |
| Crossover | An image, rule or line art on one printed page that carries over to an adjacent page of a bound or folded work. |
| Cyan | A shade of blue used in four-color process printing. The C in CMYK. |
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