Glossary of print, M. Makeready, Matchprint, Machine glazed.

Print, paper and printing technology terms and definitions beginning with the letter M.

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Machine glazed paper

Paper that has one highly glossed side and one rough side. Often used for posters.

Makeready

The combination of activities that comprise the preparation of a printing press to print a job.

One of the reasons that a conventional printing job can be so expensive to keep repeating is that the makeready process is very time consuming and, therefore expensive. Obviously the shorter the print run, the larger the percentage of the price is attributable to the makeready process. Something that designers and their clients often overlook.

Matchprint

A four colour process photomechanical proofing process from 3M. Similar to DuPont's Cromalin.