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Getting it right in print : digital pre-press for graphic designers / Mark Gatter.

By: Gatter, Mark.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London: Laurence King Publishing, 2005Description: 172 p. : col.ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1856694216; 9781856694216.Subject(s): Desktop publishing | Graphic design (Typography) | Image processing -- Digital techniques | Printing -- Data processing | Technology | Graphic design | Typography & letteringDDC classification: 686.22 | 686.2 GAT
Contents:
The evolution of an industry -- On the Press -- A Word about Paper -- Four-Colour Printing Explained -- Understanding colour -- Getting the most out of your monitor -- Calibrating a greyscale image -- Bitmaps and Pixel depth -- Calibrating colour images -- Colour-management systems -- Good and bad image formats -- Using images from the web -- Scanning -- Trapping -- Using Pantone colours -- Photoshop tips and more -- Preparing the file for the printer.
Summary: Many graphic designers who have a degree course or extensive training behind them have little knowledge of the actual requirements of the printing process. This text aims to give designers the confidence to do everything necessary to ensure trouble-free, high-quality printing.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 686.22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00080133
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 686.2 GAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 38888000777718
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 686.2 GAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000777726
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Many graphic designers who have a degree course or extensive training behind them have little knowledge of the actual requirements of the printing process. Often afraid to admit it, every time they send a job to the printer they experience a period of nail-biting anxiety because they don't know how it's going to turn out. The book aims to give designers the confidence to do everything necessary to ensure trouble-free, high-quality printing - to calibrate images, both colour and black and white; adjust trapping to appropriate levels in all the major software applications, and mix colours that won't print as something that is a complete surprise. It explains scanning and resolution, and discusses good and bad image formats, describing techniques to make images look good in print - even if they have been downloaded from the internet. There is advice on how to get accurate quotes from a printer, and a checklist to use when sending a job to print.

Includes index.

The evolution of an industry -- On the Press -- A Word about Paper -- Four-Colour Printing Explained -- Understanding colour -- Getting the most out of your monitor -- Calibrating a greyscale image -- Bitmaps and Pixel depth -- Calibrating colour images -- Colour-management systems -- Good and bad image formats -- Using images from the web -- Scanning -- Trapping -- Using Pantone colours -- Photoshop tips and more -- Preparing the file for the printer.

Many graphic designers who have a degree course or extensive training behind them have little knowledge of the actual requirements of the printing process. This text aims to give designers the confidence to do everything necessary to ensure trouble-free, high-quality printing.

CIT Module MMED 6008 - Core reading