Glossary - W

Washup

The process of cleaning one colour of ink from the rollers and other parts of an offset press in preparation for running a different colour.

Watermark

An impression incorporated in the paper making process showing the name of the paper and/or the company logo.

Weight

The degree of boldness or thickness of a letter or font.

Widow

A single word left on the last line of a paragraph which falls at the top of a page.

Woodfree paper

Made from chemical pulp only with size added. Supplied calendered or supercalendered.

Work and turn

A method of printing where pages are imposed in one forme or assembled on one film. One side is then printed and the sheet is then turned over and printed from the other edge using the same forme. The finished sheet is then cut to produce two complete copies.

Work and tumble

A method of printing where pages are again imposed together. The sheet is then printed on one side with the sheet being turned or tumbled from front to rear to print the opposite side.

Wove

A finely textured paper without visible wire marks.

WYSIWYG

What-you-see-is-what-you-get (pronounced "wizzeewig") - used to describe systems that preview full pages on the screen with text and graphics. The term can however be a little misleading due to difference in the resolution of the computer screen and that of the page printer.