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CASH IN: to demand payment for the work completed at the end of the shift with the intention of discontinuing work at the shop.

CORRECTION: the act of reviewing text for errors and marking the page for revision.

DARKROOM: An enclosed space with minimal light exposure for image processing.

DUPE: An assessment of a potential worker's skill, often administered after a trial period.

FLOORMAN: a printer who worked on laying out the text and images for newspaper pages.

HOT METAL: a form of typesetting machinery that utilized molten lead to cast type; often used to refer to Linotype machines, which cast whole lines of text known as slugs.

LINOTYPE: a typesetting machine that used molds and molten lead to cast lines of text used in printing.

LOBSTER: refers to the early morning shift often worked by Deaf printers.

LUDLOW: an early form used in newspaper printing that used hand-set characters to create type.

MAKE-UP: the arrangement of the elements of a newspaper page done by a floorman.