Commonly known as ‘pressure sensitive’, as the adhesive becomes active when pressure is applied. There are two types of adhesive, Permanent & Removable. Adhesives may have migratory properties affecting permeable materials such as plastics.

In offset litho printing, a rubber surfaced fabric that is clamped around a cylinder on a litho press, to which the image is transferred from the plate and from which it is transferred to the board.

Printing where the colour continues right up to the edge of the board.

British Printing Industries Federation. A UK trade association representing the interest of the carton sector to governments and associated agencies, and pro-actively communicating carton board's unique commercial and environmental advantages to a wide audience.

A colour management standard implemented by the British Printing Industries Federation.

Braille is a scripture that can be read by blind people with their fingers. It is a common reading and writing system for blind and partially sighted persons. It is not a language. It is just another way of writing and reading text.

consists of six dots, positioned like the figure“six” on a dice, in two parallel vertical lines of three dots each.

The use of a computer system to assist in the design process of product packaging.

the thickness of a sheet of board, measured in microns.

Letters which stand for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (K). K is used for black to eliminate confusion with blue. Full colour printed images are made up of these component colours.