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Outline Paths: A term used when converting a font or graphic into a mathematical vector format. Can also be called 'curves'.

Offset Printing: Usually refers to offset lithography. The image prints by transferring ink from a flat plate or cylinder to a rubber blanket that deposits the ink onto the substrate instead of directly from plate to paper.

Offsetting: A print quality problem where wet ink from a freshly printed sheet is transferred to the sheet above or below it in the delivery pile. Also called offset, or setoff.

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