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Print publishing guide / edited by Leonard Cottrell.

Contributor(s): Cottrell, Leonard.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: San Jose, California : Adobe Press, 1998Description: 238 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm + pbk.ISBN: 1568304684 .Subject(s): Publishers and publishingDDC classification: 686
Contents:
Color and commercial printing -- Constructing a publication -- Imaging and proofing -- Project management guidelines.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This guide explores the processes and issues involved in preparing colour publications for reproduction on a commercial printing press (the prepress process). Advice is offered on when to perform a prepress task and when it is better to leave it in the hands of the prepress professional. It addresses the principles and applications of working with desktop publishing applications, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Included in this guide are tips and pointers, and a reference section.

Includes index.

Color and commercial printing -- Constructing a publication -- Imaging and proofing -- Project management guidelines.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Color And Commercial Printing
  • Describing color
  • Print and prepress terms
  • Computer graphics
  • Image resolution and line screen
  • New print technology
  • Offset lithography
  • Other printing processes
  • Imposition and binding
  • Real-world project
  • Constructing A Publication
  • Guidelines for specifying color
  • Using a color management system
  • Correcting color
  • Special printing techniques
  • Compensating for flaws in registration
  • Screen frequency, resolution, and gray
  • Levels
  • Compensating for dot gain
  • Scanning tips
  • Using duotones and tritones
  • Simplifying vector graphics
  • Image editing and interpolation
  • Scaling and resampling
  • Graphic file formats
  • Managing linked graphics
  • Using type
  • Choosing a font format
  • Real-world project
  • Imaging And Proofing
  • Desktop proofing options
  • When to convert to PostScript
  • Checking your files
  • Including a report
  • Inspecting film from the imagesetter
  • Color proofing
  • Color bars
  • Printing via Web
  • Composite workflow
  • Archiving in PDF
  • Real-world project
  • Project Management Guidelines
  • The publishing process
  • Pocketbook issues
  • Reviewing your requirements
  • Choosing prepress tasks
  • Selecting vendors
  • Decisions involving your printer
  • Tips for working with page-layout files
  • File handoff checklist
  • Real-world project
  • Appendix A Postscript Errors
  • Appendix B Process Color Charts
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Credits