What is work and turn in printing?

Asked by: Patrick Gilliam

Work-and-turn refers to how the sheet of paper is flipped over side-to-side to be sent back through the press. The top edge of the paper (the gripper edge) that went through on the first pass is the same edge to go in first on the second pass. The side edges are flipped.

What is a work-and-turn?

Definition of work-and-turn (Entry 2 of 2) : with all the pages of a signature imposed in one form so that when the sheet is printed, turned over end for end, backed, and cut two complete copies result.

What is work-and-turn and work and tumble?

If an image, like the one below, is printed and is turned as a work-and-tumble, the image on the back would obviously be upside down. Whereas, if it were turned as a work-and-turn, the image on the back would be right side up.

What is sheet work in printing?

noun In printing, press-work in which the sheet is printed on one side by one form of type, and on the other side by another form: in contradistinction to half-sheet work, in which the sheet is printed on both sides from the same form.

What is tumble printing?

Work and Tumble. A printing method where different pages are assembled so that they are on one plate. One side is printed and the sheet is turned from front to rear so that you are using the opposite edge as the gripper edge and then the second side is printed.

What is an imposition in printing?

Imposition refers to the process of arranging a book’s pages so that once the printed signature sheets are folded and trimmed, the pages will appear in the correct order.

What is Sheetwise imposition?

If your press uses a press sheet that is capable of printing 8 pages on a single side and your job contains only 16 individual pages, then you can go with a sheetwise imposition method. It means the press will print the fronts of 8 pages, flip the paper and print the back of those same 8 pages.

What is double sided tumble?

In tumble duplex, the back of each page is upside down compared to the front of the page: the top of one side of the sheet is at the same edge as the bottom of the other side. With these two types of duplex, you can specify top binding or side binding of the printed pages.

What is work and tumble?

Definition of work-and-tumble (Entry 2 of 2) : with all the pages of a signature imposed in one form so that when the sheet is printed, turned over side for side, backed, and cut two complete copies result.

What is simplex and duplex printing?

Duplex printing means that your printer supports printing on both sides of the paper. Printers that are only capable of printing out documents single-sided are sometimes called simplex printers.

What means duplex printing?

Printing on both sides of paper

Printing on both sides of paper is called duplex printing. Most printers offer the option of automatically printing on both sides of a sheet of paper (automatic duplex printing). Other printers provide instructions so that you can manually reinsert pages to print the second side (manual duplex printing).

What is collated printing?

Collate printing is the action of taking multiple different printed pages and putting them together into a complete set. Collating is most common with color copies, as the copies can be collated without being bound together.

What is grayscale printing?

Grayscale Printing. It may seem that printing documents in black and white doesn’t use any color. However, grayscale printing does, in fact, use color ink or toner cartridges in combination with black. When printing in grayscale, your printer uses the color cartridge to produce different shades of gray.