paste-up

[peyst-uhp]

noun

Printing.

1. mechanical.

paste-up

noun

1. an assembly of typeset matter, illustrations, etc, pasted on a sheet of paper or board and used as a guide or layout in the production of a publication

2. a sheet of paper or board on which are pasted artwork, typeset matter, etc, for photographing prior to making a printing plate another name for camera-ready copy

3. another name for collage collage

Word History and Origins

Origin of paste-up¹

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase paste up

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