Prepress Tutorials
Ensure your designs will print as expected by following proper prepress procedures as described in these prepress tutorials, definitions, and articles.
Prepress refers to the preparation of digital files for printing. It comes after the design and page layout stage, although prepress planning is crucial during those stages to insure that files print properly. Some of the prepress tutorials categories included in this section include Camera Ready Artwork, Color Separations, Halftoning, Imposition, Trapping, and Prepress Software.
Preflight is the final checks and double-checks to make sure that the files are ready for printing. Preflight software can help with this task.
Proofing takes place at many stages in the entire design, prepress, and printing process.
Prepress refers to the preparation of digital files for printing. It comes after the design and page layout stage, although prepress planning is crucial during those stages to insure that files print properly. Some of the prepress tutorials categories included in this section include Camera Ready Artwork, Color Separations, Halftoning, Imposition, Trapping, and Prepress Software.
Preflight is the final checks and double-checks to make sure that the files are ready for printing. Preflight software can help with this task.
Proofing takes place at many stages in the entire design, prepress, and printing process.
Preflight Checklist - Avoid Printing Delays With This Preflight Checklist
Not all items on this example preflight checklist are required for every job or every printer.However, failure to include all items required by your service provider or failure to properly prepare digital files or camera ready artwork can result in both time delays and create addtiional costs.
Not all items on this example preflight checklist are required for every job or every printer.However, failure to include all items required by your service provider or failure to properly prepare digital files or camera ready artwork can result in both time delays and create addtiional costs.
PostScript or PDF Separations
Your PostScript or PDF color separations can take two primary forms: composite or pre-separated. Which you use can depend on your software, the colors used, and the software or RIP used by your printer or service bureau.
Your PostScript or PDF color separations can take two primary forms: composite or pre-separated. Which you use can depend on your software, the colors used, and the software or RIP used by your printer or service bureau.
Sending Files to Your Service Provider
When you send a digital file out for film or printing there's more that needs to go along than just your PageMaker or QuarkXPress document. You may need to send fonts and graphics too. Requirements differ from one printer to another but here's the basics you need to know in order to give your service bureau (SB) or printer what they need to process your job.
When you send a digital file out for film or printing there's more that needs to go along than just your PageMaker or QuarkXPress document. You may need to send fonts and graphics too. Requirements differ from one printer to another but here's the basics you need to know in order to give your service bureau (SB) or printer what they need to process your job.
Traditional vs. Digital Prepress
Learn how the prepress process has changed since the introduction of desktop publishing.
Learn how the prepress process has changed since the introduction of desktop publishing.