Rag pulp
Papermaking pulp made from textile waste such as cotton, hemp or flax.
Printing Glossary
Baffled by the jargon some printers use? Let us explain what all those terms mean...
Raised printing
A print finishing process that produces a raised image; also called thermography.
Ream
500 sheets of paper.
Recycled Paper
Paper reproduced from waste pulp.
Relief Printing
A method of printing, from the raised portions of a cut or etched surface, such as block printing and letterpress.
Resolution
A measure of sharpness of an image.
Reverse Side Printing
Printing on the underside of a paper.
RGB
Abbreviation for red, green, blue; the colours used by a computer monitor to create colour images on the screen.
Roll label
Labels produced in a continuous roll form.
