---
type: faq
title: "What is trapping in prepress?"
description: "Trapping slightly overlaps adjacent colors so that tiny registration shifts on press do not leave thin white gaps between them. It is a prepress adjustment"
resource: https://www.4over4.com/faqs/color-ink/what-is-trapping-in-prepress
tags: ["Printing Terms Glossary", "faq"]
timestamp: 2026-07-20T18:54:40.856Z
---

# What is trapping in prepress?

Trapping slightly overlaps adjacent colors so that tiny registration shifts on press do not leave thin white gaps between them. It is a prepress adjustment

Part of the **Printing Terms Glossary** hub. See [all faq concepts](index.md).

- Page type: faq
- Hub: Printing Terms Glossary
- URL: https://www.4over4.com/faqs/color-ink/what-is-trapping-in-prepress