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Blanket: A rubber-coated pad mounted on a cylinder of an offset press. The blanket receives the inked image from the plate and transfers it to the surface being printed on.
Bleed: Bleed refers to printing that goes beyond the edge of the sheet after trimming. A bleed lets the design of your final piece stretch from edge to edge without margins. Pengad requires an 1/8 inch bleed, meaning the design extends 1/8 of an inch from where the cut is to be made. (This means your document will be 1/4 inch wider and taller, this extra paper is trimmed off to the match the trim size.
Blind Folio: Page numbers on a design for reference but not printed on the final piece.

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Imposition

An imposition is the arrangement of individual pages of a print piece on the printer’s sheet in order to facilitate faster printing, simplified binding and less waste of paper. Correct imposition minimizes printing time by maximizing the number of pages per impression, reducing cost of press time and materials.