ICC (International Color Consortium) The ICC was established in 1993 for the purpose of creating and promoting the standardization of an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform system for managing color in any medium. ICC specifications can be found at www.color.org and other websites.

Image assembly See stripping.

Imagesetter In digital imaging, a generic term that applies to film-output devices for type and graphics. The difference between an imagesetter and a typesetter is in the format of the data that has been converted from discrete-character raster lines to raster data using bitmaps. No longer manufactured.

Imposetter In digital imaging, an imagesetter capable of outputting a film flat with four, eight, or more pages in imposed position. Replaced by CTP (computer-to-plate) systems.

Imposition In image assembly, the positioning of pages on a signature so that after printing, folding, and cutting, all pages will appear in the proper sequence.

Impression cylinder In printing, the cylinder on a printing press against which the paper picks up the impression from the inked plate in direct printing, or the blanket in offset printing.

Ink fountain In printing presses, the device that stores and supplies ink to the inking rollers.

Ink-jet printing In digital printing, a plateless printing system that produces images directly on paper from digital data using dots or streams of very fine drops of dyes and pigments that are controlled by digital signals to produce images.

Ink mist Flying filaments or threads formed by long low-tack inks such as newspaper ink. See long ink.

Ink Train Aqueous Aqueous coating that does not require a coating tower. The thick viscosity enables printers to work the coating with an ink knife, while ensuring it won't run through the ink keys. The coating can be run inline or offline with presses that do not have dryers.

Inkometer In ink testing, an instrument for measuring the tack of printing inks.

Insert A printed piece prepared for insertion into a publication or another printed piece.

ISP (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL, and T1/T3 lines. An initial set-up fee and a fixed monthly fee are often charged.

Italic The style of letters that slant, in distinction from upright, or roman, letters. Used for emphasis within the text. The opposite is backslanting and is rarely used.