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CALIPER - The thickness of paper, usually measured in thousandths of an inch (mils).
CAMERA-READY - Copy that is ready for photography.
CAST-COATED - Coated paper dried under pressure against a polished cylinder to produce a high-gloss enamel finish.
CHOKES,SHRINKS & SPREADS - Overlap of overprinting images to avoid color or white fringes on borders around images. Also referred to as trapping.
COATED PAPER - Paper having a surface coating which produces a smooth finish. Surfaces vary from eggshell to glossy.
COLOR CORRECTION - Any method such as dot-etching, masking, and scanning, used to improve color rendition.
COLOR SEPARATION - In photography, the process of separating the color originals into the primary printing color components in negative or positive form.
CONTINUOUS TONE - A photographic image which contains gradient tones from black to white.
COPY - Any furnished material to be used in the production of printing.
CROP - To eliminate portions of the copy, usually on a photograph or plate, indicated on the original by croppings.
CTP (COMPUTER TO PLATE) - A Process that eliminates the need for film.