Electronic Front End (Electronic Composition)
General term referring to a prepress system based on computers.

Electronic Image Assembly
Assembly of a composite image from portions of other images and/or other page elements using a computer.

Electronic Mechanical
Mechanical exclusively in electronic files.

Electronic Publishing
(1) Publishing by printing with device, such as a photocopy machine or ink jet printer, driven by a computer that can change the image instantly from one copy to the next.

Emboss
To press an image into paper so it lies above the surface. Also called cameo and tool.

Emulsion
Casting of light-sensitive chemicals on papers, films, printing plates and stencils.

Emulsion Down/Emulsion Up
Film whose emulsion side faces down (away from the viewer) or up (toward the viewer) when ready to make a plate or stencil. Abbreviated ED, EU. Also called E up/down and face down/face up.

Encapsulated PostScript file
Computer file containing both images and PostScript commands. Abbreviated EPS file.

End Sheet
Sheet that attaches the inside pages of a case bound book to its cover. Also called pastedown or end papers.

English Finish
Smooth finish on uncoated book paper; smoother than eggshell, rougher than smooth.

Engraving
Printing method using a plate, also called a die, with an image cut into its surface.

EP
Abbreviation for envelope.

EPS
Encapsulated Post Script, a known file format usually used to transfer post script information from one program to another.

Equivalent Paper
Paper that is not the brand specified, but looks, prints and may cost the same. . Also called comparable stock.

Estimate
Price that states what a job will probably cost. Also called bid, quotation and tender.

Estimator
The individual performing or creating the "estimate."

Etch
To use chemicals to carve an image into metal, glass or film.