Illustrations:

Items such as logos that are created within a computer drawing program that are object orientated, as distinct from images that have been scanned or captured digitally that are bitmapped.

Image Area:

Portion of a negative or plate corresponding to inking on paper; portion of paper on which ink appears.

Image Elements:

An image element can comprise of anything that has been scanned or digitised and is available for use in a computer application.

Imagesetters:

High-resolution output devices that use lasers to create pre-press materials. These devices permit the integration of text and graphics by treating them as similar elements to be rasterised.

Import:

To bring data or an image into a document from another document, often generated by a different application. For instance, you can import text and graphics into a page layout program, or import spreadsheet data into a word processor. This data sharing is made possible by the application's support of common file formats.

Imposition:

Refers to the arrangement of pages on a printed sheet, which when the sheet is finally printed on both sides, folded and trimmed, will place the pages in their correct order.

Impression:

The pressure of type, plate or blanket as it comes in contact with paper to create an image.

Imprint:

1. The name and address details of the printer.

2. Adding copy to a previously printed page.

In-line Gluing:

Single section work only which can be glued on the spine in-line with the folding operation.

In Proportion (In Pro'):

When all photographic/illustrative material supplied is in proportion to the final reproduced size

Indicia:

Postal information place on a printed product.

Infra-red Drying:

Accelerated drying' using infra-red rays. The normal drying method, whereby pigments in the ink combine with oxygen in the air and harden, is speeded up by the infra­red rays.

Ink-Jet:

A type of printer that sprays droplets of ink onto paper to form an image. Continuous inkjet printers spray a continuous stream of ink, which is electronically controlled to print an image. Drop-on-demand inkjet printers shoot out single drops of ink as needed.

Ink Fountain:

The reservoir on a printing press that hold the ink.

Ink Holdout:

A characteristic of printing and paper related to the capacity to keep ink sitting on its surface rather than absorbing into the sheet. Better ink holdout produces sharper printed images.

Inks:

There are numerous brands available. The same inks can produce quite different colours on different papers. It may, therefore, be necessary to have inks made specially to match your house colours. Also see colour.

Insert:

An instruction to the printer for the inclusion of additional copy.

Inserting:

Placing one section within another section of the job, usually prior to binding.

Integrated Label:

A label that is cut within a form and has a self adhesive patch applied to it.

Interleaving:

Insetting into and folding around the sections of a book, paper different from that used in the general body of the book, such as writing paper. Also the alternating of processed and plain-sheet, for example, in a duplicate book.

Intermediate Temper:

Obtained by controlled strain hardening

Internet:

A worldwide network that links thousands of individual networks and online services. You can gain access to the Internet and its millions of users and thousands of newsgroups, databases, directories and other digital goodies if your computer is on one of the corporate, government or university networks to which the Internet connects, or if you have an account with an Internet service provider. You can also send email across the Internet from almost any online service.