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Thermography

Thermography is a printing technique that reproduces the effect of raised lettering, similar to embossing. The effect is produced using special inks and by drying the inks at the same time as applying a powdered resin.

The document is then heated so that the ink and powder mixture melts and produces a raised waxy appearance.

Tip-in

Adding an additional leaf of paper or card into an already formatted printed booklet or magazine.
 
Tip-in cards are added to commercial magazines in the magazine industry to add in advertising and promotional cards. A tip-in technique sometimes has to be done unintentionally, as the result of a mistake by either the printer, designer, or client.

Trim marks

Trim marks are thin horizontal and vertical lines marked on a sheet of printed paper which indicate where the document needs to be guillotined.

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