Industry Terms and Lingo.

CMYK
Refers to the basic printing process colors - cyan, magenta, yellow, black - with K standing for black.

Camera-ready art
Artwork or type that is fully ready to be printed, especially according to the technical requirements of the printing process being used.

Coated paper
A paper treated with clay to give it a smooth and 'coated' look and feel for quality printing. Finishes can be gloss, matte and silk, amongst others. Designated as C1S for coated one side, or C2S for coated two sides.

Copy
The written text to be printed. Sometimes also used to refer to the artwork.

Cover stock
A term used by paper manufacturers for a heavy paper that is suitable for catalogs and other folders. Cover stock can come in "coated" which has a smooth surface, or "uncoated" in its original rough surface.

Crop marks
Crop marks are printed cutting lines on a printed sheet of artwork or completed print job. They are there to indicate where the publication should be trimmed.

Cropping
Taking out parts or edges of an image so you can enlarge or better frame the rest of the image for printing.

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