Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide

Description

Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide explores the processes and issues involved in preparing color publications for reproduction on a commercial printing press -- a set of tasks known as the prepress process. Such tasks, previously only performed by skilled professionals, can now be accomplished by a wider range of people using the desktop. This book introduces the flexibility and direct control offered by this new technology and outlines the issues involved in preparing electronic files for commercial printing. It also gives information on when to perform a prepress task and when it is better to leave it in the hands of a prepress professional.

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Table of Contents

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.

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.

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.

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.

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