JetDielineArtwork PDF
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JETDIELINE / Glossary
Packaging construction terms, explained clearly
From artwork PDF to blank: the glossary explains the terms you will run into with dielines, print files, and coordination with the printer.
- Artwork PDF
- Outside dimension
- Crash-lock bottom
- Dieline, die-cut contour
- Tuck flap
- Approval snapshot
- Manufacturing validation
- Inside dimension
- Glue flap
- Material profile
- Up, imposition
- Production dieline
- Production sheet
- Reference dieline
- Crease allowance
- Crease-to-crease dimension
- Inward crease
- Series, variant
- Dust flap
- Snap-lock bottom
- Trust level
- Blank, flat layout
Outside dimension
The outside dimension describes the external size of the assembled package.
Crash-lock bottom
A crash-lock bottom is a pre-glued bottom that closes as the carton is erected.
Dieline, die-cut contour
A dieline describes the flat construction of a package.
Tuck flap
A tuck flap is inserted into the carton to close it.
Approval snapshot
An approval snapshot records a particular project state.
Manufacturing validation
Manufacturing validation compares a construction with limits from material and machine profiles.
Inside dimension
The inside dimension describes the usable space within the assembled package.
Glue flap
The glue flap connects packaging panels through gluing.
Material profile
A material profile collects a material's properties and construction values.
Up, imposition
An up is a single placement of a blank on a production sheet.
Production dieline
The production dieline hands off the construction for die-cutting, cutting, and creasing.
Production sheet
The production sheet accompanies an export with information about the construction and validation status.
Reference dieline
A reference dieline is an imported construction, for example from a file supplied by your print shop.
Crease allowance
Crease allowance accounts for the space material takes up when folded.
Crease-to-crease dimension
The crease-to-crease dimension is the distance between a panel's crease lines in the flat construction.
Inward crease
A crease prepares the point where board is folded.
Series, variant
A series connects several sizes of a packaging type.
Dust flap
Dust flaps sit at the sides of a folding carton's closure and fold inward before the main flap.
Snap-lock bottom
With a snap-lock bottom, several bottom flaps interlock.
Trust level
The trust level describes the origin and validation status of a material profile.
Blank, flat layout
The blank is the unfolded workpiece from which the package is made.
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