Glossary of Full Color Printing Numerical Terms

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1/3^rd A4 — This is a size that is 99mm x 210mm and is called DL. Most commonly used for Full Color Landscape Postcard Printing, Full Color Unfolded Flyer, Pamphlet, Leaflets and Brochure Printing, and Full Color Folded Flyer, Pamphlet, Leaflet and Brochure Printing. Also used for Full Color 'With Compliments' Slip Printing.

3 Colour Printing — Theoretically it is possible to produce an adequate range of colours using just Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. In Four Colour Process Printing the use of black adds shade and depth reducing the amount of ink required. TheOnlinePrinter uses the four colour printing process.

4pp — a product that has four pages and usually consists of a sheet folded in half. The 'outside right cover' is the first page, the 'inside' forms pages two and three, and the forth page is the 'outside left cover'. For instance, an A4 sheet folded in half becomes an A5 4pp brochure. TheOnlinePrinter produces many 4pp Flyers, Pamphlets, Leaflets and Brochures . It is also known a a double (e.g.: double DL or double A5)

4pp A4 — a product where an A3 sheet is folded in half to create a multi-page A4 product. The first page is the outside roght front cover, the second page is the inside left, the third page is the inside right, and the fourth page is the outside left cover. It is also known as double A4.

4 Colour Printing — The use of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK) to produce almost all the colours in existence. Also called full colour printing. TheOnlinePrinter uses the four colour printing process.

4-color-process — The process of combining four basic colours to create a printed colour picture or colours composed from the basic four colours. The four colours are cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK). Also called full colour printing. TheOnlinePrinter uses the four colour process when printing its jobs.

6pp — a product that has six pages and usually consists of a sheet folded into thirds. Each of the six panels are referred to as pages. For instance, an A4 page folded into three becomes a 6pp DL brochure. It is also known as triple (e.g.: triple DL or triple A4). TheOnlinePrinter produces many 6pp Flyers, Pamphlets, Leaflets and Brochures .

8pp — a product that has eight pages and usually consists of a sheet folded into quarters. Each of the eight panels are referred to as pages. For instance, an over-sized A4 page folded into four becomes an 8pp DL brochure.