Industry Terms
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Quad Center Line A line which is centered in a particular space. A line that is centered as opposed to being flush left or flush right. |
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Quad Left A code in composition which sets copy flush to the left side. |
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Quad Right A code in composition which sets copy flush to the right side. |
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Quadroplex A term used to describe two-up printing on a duplex printer. Two pages are printed on each side of the sheet, aligned to produce four pages. |
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Quads Refers to the four separated negatives, cyan, magenta, yellow and black, used for process color printing. |
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Quality Control Random testing to check quality consistency. |
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Quarter-Fold A type of fold where the piece is folded in half and then folded in half again. The folds are parallel to each other. Also known as a double parallel fold. |
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Queue A list of jobs spooled into the computer or printing system, waiting to be printed. |
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Queued When an item is in the process of waiting to be printed. |
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QuickTime Apple's digital storage method for movie and audio files. |

