paste-up
Americannoun
noun
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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
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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
Etymology
Origin of paste-up
First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase paste up
Example Sentences
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Around that same time, he also took a job as a paste-up artist at the Lovable Underwear Co.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2019
Guys at the layout tables, waxing text onto paste-up boards.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2019
Even shoddy paste-up jobs with duplicated images and other slacker fakes have made their way to print and helped establish researchers’ careers.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2018
In late August, local artist Aaron Molden installed a paste-up indirectly inspired by the events in Ferguson, Missouri, on the side wall of Sylvia’s Brick Oven.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2014
The company which had sold the Chowgules the desk-top publishing equipment for the new newspaper had amazingly been able to convince the management that there was no need for paste-up artists.
From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various
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