Glossary

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CD and Print Terms

CD Duplication: Duplication means to burn your master onto blank recordable discs CD Replication: Replication is the manufacturing process of making replicas from a stamper and raw plastic. Glass Master: a flat piece of glass mounted on a spindle that is coated with photo-resist and burned by a laser in the glass mastering process Stamper (CD and DVD): The glass master image is transferred onto a nickel stamper in an electroplating process. The stamper is put on the plastic injection molding machine and is used to make replicas in. Stamper (Vinyl): The lacquer master is transferred onto a nickel stamper in an electroplating process. The stamper is put on the vinyl press and is used to make records.

CCNB

Clay-coated newsback, a board made of recycled newspapers with an added clay-coat surface for printing on.

C1S

Coated one-side paperboard

C2S

paperboard coated on both sides

SBS

Solid bleached sulfate board - the typical white paperboard for packaging applications. The board is then coated on one side (C1S) or both sides (C2S).

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

Country of Origin

Markings that all commercial products need when crossing borders

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement, replaced by the USMCA aka CUSMA agreement signed in 2018 and valid until 2026

CD Duplication

Duplication means to burn your master onto blank recordable discs

CD Replication

Replication is the manufacturing process of making replicas from a stamper and raw plastic in an injection molding machine. AKA CD pressing.

Glass Master

a flat piece of glass mounted on a spindle that is coated with photo-resist and burned by a laser in the glass mastering process

Stamper (CD and DVD):

The glass master image is transferred onto a nickel stamper in an electroplating process. The stamper is put on the plastic injection molding machine and is used to make replicas.

Stamper (Vinyl)

The lacquer master is transferred onto a nickel stamper in an electroplating process. The stamper is put on the vinyl press and is used to make records.