nietafdrukbare

Nietafdrukbare is a Dutch term that translates roughly to not printable. In publishing and printing, it is used to describe elements on a page or in a design that cannot be reproduced by a given printing process. The concept covers both physical regions of a print sheet that cannot be imaged by the press (such as non-imageable margins, gutters, or safety zones near the edge of the page) and content that is intentionally excluded from the final print.

In prepress workflows, designers and printers define nietafdrukbare areas to prevent important information from being placed where ink cannot reach or where it will be lost in binding or trimming. This helps ensure legibility and avoiding misalignment. The term can also refer to content that should not appear in prints, such as guide marks, notes for editors, or color swatches that are used for proofing but are not part of the final product.

In digital contexts, het nietafdrukbare concept appears in the relationship between on-screen content and printed output. Web pages and documents often use print stylesheets or formatting rules to designate certain elements as nietafdrukbaar, so they are hidden when a user prints. This includes navigation menus, interactive controls, or advertisements that are not intended for the physical copy.

Orthography varies: the adjective is sometimes written as nietafdrukbare or with a hyphen as niet-afdrukbare, depending on style conventions. The term remains a practical descriptor in both design and production pipelines for distinguishing print-reproducible content from content that should not be printed.