Tabloid
Using a broadsheet as a measure, one half of a broadsheet.

Tagged Image File Format
Computer file format used to store images from scanners and video devices. Abbreviated TIFF.

Target Ink Densities
Densities of the four process inks as recommended for various printing processes and grades of paper. See also Total Area Coverage.

Template
Concerning a printing project's basic details in regard to its dimensions. A standard layout.

Thermography
Method of printing using colorless resin powder that takes on the color of underlying ink. Also called raised printing.

Tint
Screening or adding white to a solid color for results of lightening that specific color.

Trade Shop
Service bureau, printer or bindery working primarily for other graphic arts professionals, not for the general public.

Trap
To print one ink over another or to print a coating, such as varnish, over an ink. The first liquid traps the second liquid. See also Dry Traps and Wet Traps.

Trim Size
The size of the printed material in its finished stage (e.g., the finished trim size is 5 1\2 x 8 1\2).