Definitions for "Gripper edge"
Keywords:  sheetfed, press, fed, edge, sheet
The 1/2” blank edge of paper on which the grippers on the press clamp and hold the paper to control its movement.
in sheet-fed printing, the leading edge of a sheet of paper as the paper passes through the press.
The grippers of the printing press move the paper through the press by holding onto the leading edge of the sheet; this edge is the gripper edge.