| Tack |
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The adhesive quality of inks. |
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| Tag |
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A dense, strong paper stock. |
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| Tensile strength |
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A papers ability to withstand pressure. |
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| Text |
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A high quality printing paper. |
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| Thermography |
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A printing process whereby slow drying ink is applied to paper and while the ink is still wet, it is lightly dusted with a resinous powder. The paper then passes through a heat chamber where the powder melts and fuses with the ink to produce a raised surface. |
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| Through drier |
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A slower drier that dries the ink throughout without forming a hard crust. |
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| Ticket envelope |
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Envelopes used mostly for theater tickets, with no other particular usage. |
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| Tint |
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A halftone screen that contains all the same sized dots. |
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| Titanium oxide |
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A bright white pigment (opaque) used for printing on metal and flexible packaging. |
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| Toluidine red |
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A red pigment with poor bleed resistance. |
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| Tooth |
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The rough surfaced finish of papers such as vellum or antique. |
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| Transparent |
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Inks that do not block out the colored inks that they print over, but instead blend with them to create intermediate colors. |
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| Trapping |
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Overlapping colors which butt together. When in perfect registration you will not see white around the edge of the two joining colors. More trapping is necessary when printing a newspaper, as opposed to printing a quality full color brochure. |
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| Trapping |
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The process of printing wet ink over printed ink which may be wet or dry. |
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| Trim marks |
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Marks placed on the sheet to indicate where to cut the page. |
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| Twin wire machine |
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Fourdrinier papermaking machines with two Wires, instead of a wire and felt side. This assures higher quality when two sides are used for printing. |
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| Two-sidedness |
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The difference in feel and appearance of either side of a sheet of paper due to the papermaking process having a felt and wire side. |
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