Coldset Web Press: This printer needs ink to air dry and therefore is best suited for printing on uncoated papers. It is a press that costs less to print on since it requires less set-up time and handles small quantity print runs.

Heatset Web Press: This is a standard catalog and magazine printing press. It has a heating unit that dries the printed ink as it exits the press, which allows printing at high speeds on glossy papers.

Intelligent Insertion: This is a method of automating variable/personalized high-volume mailings/kits.

Page Signatures: A printed sheet that’s folded at least once, possibly many times, to become part of a book, magazine or other publication.

Pick and Pack: A method of processing small to large quantities of product. Often truck or train loads of materials will be disassembled. They are then picked for the relevant product for each destination and repackaged with shipping labels re- affixed and invoices included.

Polybagging: A polyethylene bag, heat sealed or open at one end, is used to deliver one or more mailing pieces to an address. Polybags may be transparent or colorfully printed. They are the dominant carrier for card decks because of their low cost and attention-getting power, and usually have a tear strip at one end for easy opening.

Saddle stitching: This is a method of securing loose printed pages with staples down the middle of a folded sheaf of papers. Many booklets are saddled-stitched. Side-stitching is a similar method where the pages are stapled about 1/4" from the spine.

Sheetfed Press: This is a low volume press that prints on precut sheets of paper. It can print on a wider variety of paper weights because it is designed to handle smaller print jobs.

Web offset: A form of offset printing in which a continuous roll of paper is fed through the printing press. Pages are separated and cut to size after they have been printed. Web offset printing is used for high-volume publications such as mass-market books, magazines, newspapers, catalogs and brochures.